BMC obesity

· 2 papers in corpus
observational 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

BACKGROUND: Resting 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. METH…

other 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

BACKGROUND: Obesity 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…