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HEALTH is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in human health. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for physicians, health researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in health related problems. All manuscripts mu…
Mark Benden, Adam Pickens, Eva Shipp, Jase Perry, Drew Schneider
Background: Research shows that students who are more active throughout the day have fewer reports of body part discomfort and greater energy expenditure needed to combat childhood obesity. Many factors may contribute to the overall health of the child, inclu…
Flávia Sales Leite, Marcela Cangussu Barbalho-Moulim, Kadma Karenina Damaceno Soares, Fernanda Dultra Dias, Fabiana Sobral Peixoto-Souza, Dirceu Costa
Introduction: Obesity has been considered a global epidemic and a serious public health problem closely related to other diseases. Moreover, obese individuals have limitations in physical capacity and pulmonary function. Weight loss induced by bariatric surge…
Won Hee Seo, Christian Guilleminault
Bariatric surgery is a valid treatment alternative for obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but subjects who are overweight or obe se represent a poor model to investigate the role of OSA treatment on cardiovascular variables, calling into quest…
Malgorzata Szczesna, Katarzyna Kirsz, Miroslaw Kucharski, Pawel Szymaszek, Dorota Anna Zieba
Decreased growth hormone (GH) function in obese patients might contribute to associated metabolic abnormalities. This study aimed to investigate the effect of leptin, GH and periods of leptin sensitivity or/and insensitivity on the expression of the SOCS-3 ge…
Patricia Moraes Ferreira, Silvia Justina Papini, José Eduardo Corrente
The increase in the variety of food choices influences the eating patterns of older adults, which is in turn increases the occurrence of obesity. This study aimed at identifying eating patterns and their association with obesity in a representative sample of…
Mai Kobayashi, Isao Matsui-Yuasa, Maiko Fukuda-Shimizu, Yoshinobu Mandai, Masaki Tabuchi, Hiroshi Munakata, Akiko Kojima-Yuasa
Mangoes ( Mangifera indica L.) are one of the most important tropical foods. The seed is one of the main by-products of mango processing. Therefore, it is important to find an economically viable use for this waste (e.g., as a food additive or supplement with…
Armando Partida-Gaytán, Arturo Berber, Blanca Estela del Río-Navarro, Reyes Haro-Valencia
Background: Overweight and obesity are major public-health issues in Mexico. Sleep breathing disorders directly impact the health of affected subjects. The aim of this study was to describe the frequency and severity of obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndro…
Sixto E. Sanchez, Claudia Martinez, Raphaelle A. Oriol, David Yanez, Benjamín Castañeda, Elena Sanchez, Bizu Gelaye, Michelle A. Williams
Objectives: To evaluate sleep quality in relation to lifestyle characteristics including consumption of energy drinks and other caffeinated beverages among Peruvian college students. Methods: A total of 2458 college students were invited to complete a self-ad…
Susumu Mukai
Introduction: The main signs and symptoms of ankyloglossia with deviation of the epiglottis and larynx (ADEL) are sleep disorders caused by respiratory restraint. The author contrived the surgical procedure of correction of the glosso-larynx (CGL) and expansi…
Tsuguo Nishijima, Keisuke Hosokawa, Fumitaka Mito, Tetsuya Kizawa, Susumu Takahashi, Hiroshi Kagami, Akira Suwabe, Shigeru Sakurai
Sleep disturbance related symptoms are common in patients with long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT). Essentially, there were only few previous reports about the sleep architecture in patients with respiratory disease, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…
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