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Mechanism for Improved Insulin Sensitivity after Gastric Bypass Surgery
(East Carolina University, 2008-12)
Context: Surgical treatments of obesity have been shown to induce rapid and prolonged improvements in insulin sensitivity. Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of gastric bypass surgery and the ...
How Sweet It Is: Traditional Sweet Iced Tea and the Diabesity Epidemic.
(2015-01)
In this paper we present four cases from our medical practice to increase awareness of the role of sweet tea in obesity and diabetes management. We start with a history of Southern style “sweet tea”, and discuss the ...
Paternal diet and exercise epigenetically program energy expenditure and glucose metabolism in mouse offspring
(East Carolina University, 2014)
It is currently estimated that a third of Americans suffer from metabolic syndrome, which is an obesogenic disease shown to increase risk for developing type 2 diabetes (T2DM) by five-fold (Diabetes Care, 2012). The ...
A possible dose–response association between distance to farmers’ markets and roadside produce stands, frequency of shopping, fruit and vegetable consumption, and body mass index among customers in the Southern United States
(2017-01)
Background: The association between farmers’ market characteristics and consumer shopping habits remains
unclear. Our objective was to examine associations among distance to farmers’ markets, amenities within farmers’
markets, ...
EXPLORING THE ROLE OF ELEVATED LIPID PEROXIDATION AND GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 4 IN METABOLIC SYNDROME AND CARDIAC REMODELING IN OBESITY
(5/16/2016)
Cardiovascular disease continues to be a leading cause of global mortality. Metabolic perturbations including obesity, hyperlipidemia and type II diabetes arising from a western style diet and a more sedentary lifestyle ...
The Influence of Diet-Induced Obesity and N-3 Fatty Acids on the Cardiac Mitochondrial Phospholipidome and Respiratory Activity
(East Carolina University, 2017-08-16)
Cardiac mitochondrial phospholipids, notably cardiolipin (CL), regulate inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) organization and protein function, particularly the enzymes associated with respiration. In a range of metabolic ...
Promising insights into the health related quality of life for children with severe obesity
(2013)
Background
Childhood obesity is a growing health concern known to adversely affect quality of life in children and adolescents. The Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) pediatric measures ...
Restoration of insulin responsiveness in skeletal muscle of morbidly obese patients after weight loss. Effect on muscle glucose transport and glucose transporter GLUT4.
(East Carolina University, 1992-02)
A major defect contributing to impaired insulin action in human obesity is reduced glucose transport activity in skeletal muscle. This study was designed to determine whether the improvement in whole body glucose disposal ...