BMC obesity

· 2 papers in corpus

2017

Association of gene coding variation and resting metabolic rate in a multi-ethnic sample of children and adults.

doi:10.1186/s40608-017-0145-5 ·PMID:28417008

BackgroundResting metabolic rates (RMR) vary across individuals. Understanding the determinants of RMR could provide biological insight into obesity and its metabolic consequences such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.MethodsT…

2015

The Obesity-Fertility Protocol: a randomized controlled trial assessing clinical outcomes and costs of a transferable interdisciplinary lifestyle intervention, before and during pregnancy, in obese infertile women.

doi:10.1186/s40608-015-0077-x ·PMID:26635965

BackgroundObesity in infertile women increases the costs of fertility treatments, reduces their effectiveness and increases significantly the risks of many complications of pregnancy and for the newborn. Studies suggest that even a modest l…