Preamble and Transition to ACC/AHA Guidelines to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk the goals
of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American heart Association (AhA) are …

ContextAbout 5% of the US population is morbidly obese. This disease remains largely
refractory to diet and drug therapy, but generally responds well to bariatric surgery.ObjectiveTo …

Humans show considerable interindividual variation in susceptibility to weight gain in response
to overeating. The physiological basis of this variation was investigated by measuring …

Background Rimonabant, a selective cannabinoid type 1 receptor blocker, reduces bodyweight
and improves cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in non-diabetic overweight or …

Context An upper body/visceral fat distribution in obesity is closely linked with metabolic
complications, whereas increased lower body fat is independently predictive of reduced …

In order to determine whether differences in body fat distribution result in specific abnormalities
of free fatty acid (FFA) metabolism, palmitate turnover, a measure of systemic adipose …

Background Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and testosterone are widely promoted as
antiaging supplements, but the long-term benefits, as compared with potential harm, are …

Fatty acids are important oxidative fuel for liver, kidney, skeletal muscle, and myocardium.
There has been much interest in the role of fatty acids in the pathogenesis of non-insulin-…

Glucose tolerance decreases with age. For determining the cause of this decrease, 67
elderly and 21 young (70.1 ± 0.7 vs. 23.7 ± 0.8 years) participants ingested a mixed meal and …

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of obesity-induced type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing
worldwide. The objective of this review and meta-analysis is to determine the impact of …