...Marcus Hollenbach; Jürgen Feisthammel; Christiane Prettin; Felix Gundling; Wolfgang Schepp; Jürgen Stein; David Petroff; Albrecht Hoffmeister Introduction: Obesity is associated with reduced life expectancy and various comorbidities. Surgical interventions are effective but accompanied by the risk...

...Noriaki Manabe; Kazuhiro Matsueda; Ken Haruma Background: Similar trends in the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), obesity, and Helicobacter pylori infection have been observed in Asian and Western countries despite their time differences. However, it is unclear whether...

...Makoto Yagi; Yu Sasaki; Yasuhiko Abe; Takao Yaoita; Kazuhiro Sakuta; Naoko Mizumoto; Masakuni Shoji; Yusuke Onozato; Takashi Kon; Shoichi Nishise; Yoshiyuki Ueno Background: Obesity and metabolic syndrome are considered the risk factors of colorectal adenoma (CRA) and colorectal cancer (CRC...

...Dirk Raddatz Background: Obesity and its metabolic sequelae are among the most serious challenges faced by health systems today and they are expected to pose a serious threat in the future as well. Therapy ranges from lifestyle modification to drug treatment to surgery. Metabolic endoscopy (ME...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2015 Crohnߣs disease Metabolic syndrome Obesity Dyslipidemia Diabetes mellitus Hypertension Inflammatory bowel disease Metabolic co-morbidities...

... the association between long-segment Barrett's esophagus and obesity in the Japanese population in a multicenter case-control trial. Methods: One hundred thirteen patients with endoscopically detected Barrett's esophagus with a length of more than 2 cm and the same number of sex- and age-matched controls were...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2013 Obesity Thiamine Gastric bypass Bariatric surgery Constipation The epidemic of obesity affects over 400 million adults in the world [ 1 ]. Because there is either insufficient weight loss or poor maintenance...

...Stanislas Bruley des Varannes; Bogdana Coudsy; Sandra Waechter; Byron DeLemos; Jim Xiang; John LoCoco; Philippe Ducrotté Background: Increased body mass index (BMI) is associated with a higher risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GORD). Aim: To investigate whether overweight/obesity affects...

...Uri Kopylov; Shomron Ben-Horin; Adi Lahat; Shlomo Segev; Benjamin Avidan; Dan Carter Introduction: Colonic diverticulosis is a common condition with obscure pathogenesis. Obesity, hyperlipidemia and hypertension have been demonstrated to increase the risk of complicated diverticular disease...

...Shunsuke Yamamoto; Kenji Watabe; Tetsuo Takehara Obesity has become a major concern among gastroenterologists due to its large influence on gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases: reflux esophagitis, pancreatitis, gallstone disease, liver fibrosis, and neoplastic tumors of the esophagus, pancreas...

...Alexander Wree; Alisan Kahraman; Guido Gerken; Ali Canbay The incidence of obesity has dramatically increased in recent years. Consequently, obesity and associated disorders such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) constitute a serious threat. Therefore, the contribution of visceral adipose...

... as compared to those with a roundness index < 0.3 (p < 0.01). It is concluded that increased body size, but not obesity alone, is associated with an increased gallbladder fasting volume, and that a rounder gallbladder tends to empty less completely. 5 08 1994 17 11 1994 1 07 1995 ©...

...Ad A.M. Masclee; Hugo A.J. Gielkens; Rob J. Lieverse; Corine Penning; Jaap Schipper; Cornells B.H.W. Lamers The risk of developing gallstones is increased in obese subjects. We have investigated whether gallbladder motility in obese subjects is different from that in lean control subjects. In 25...

...Giuseppe Riezzo; Francesco Pezzolla; Italo Giorgio We investigated the effects of age and obesity on the fasting cutaneous electrogastrogram (EGGc) by studying both young and aged, healthy men. All subjects underwent an electrogastrographic recording lasting 1 h, and frequency and power data were...

... % but their mean level was significantly reduced after 12 months of weight loss. Other liver function tests remained normal and stable. In contrast to published experience with jejunoileal bypass operations liver steatosis associated with morbid obesity seems to be morphologically and biochemically reversed...

...J. Dawson; M.G. Bryant; S.R. Bloom; T.J. Peters Crosby capsule biopsies were obtained from functioning jejunum in 6 patients between 7 and 15 months after jejuno-ileal bypass for morbid obesity and compared with 6 normal control biopsies. Brush border and other mucosal enzyme activities and seven...

..., and the pancreatic hormones, insulin, glucagon, and pancreatic polypeptide, in man. We measured the plasma levels of the hormones (and glucose) during fasting and after a test meal in 34 obese patients, of whom 5 were waiting for bypass surgery and 29 had had a jejunoileal bypass with a 3:1 or 1:3 jejunoileal ratio...

...I. Hessov; C.N. Holm; L.P. Hansen 9 patients, 2–5 years following surgery, revealed a negative correlation both between dietary calcium and urinary oxalate excretion and between dietary calcium and urinary oxalate concentration. Calcium Diet Intestinal bypass Obesity Oxalates Digestion 17...