ReviewHeadache2014
Obesity and headache: Part II--potential mechanism and treatment considerations.
Review in Headache, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.
- Risk factors associated to disability in primary headaches: a systematic review to inform future iterations of the Global Burden of Disease Study.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Pooled it
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- Adipokines and Migraine: A Systematic Review.Headache · 2016Pooled it
- Migraine and body mass index categories: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.The journal of headache and pain · 2015Pooled it
- Dietary alteration of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids for headache reduction in adults with migraine: randomized controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2021Trial
- Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention for Migraine: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2018Trial
- Objectively measured physical activity in obese women with and without migraine.Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache · 2015Trial
- Ictal adipokines are associated with pain severity and treatment response in episodic migraine.Neurology · 2015Trial
- Headache and GLP-1 receptor agonists: when medications are therapeutic and when they contribute to the symptom.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2025Review
- Forecasting migraine attacks by managing daily lifestyle: a systematic review as a basis to develop predictive algorithms.Pain reports · 2025Article
- The association between lipid-related obesity indicators and severe headache or migraine: a nationwide cross sectional study from NHANES 1999 to 2004.Lipids in health and disease · 2025Article
- Behavioral therapy in migraine: Expanding the therapeutic arsenal.European journal of neurology · 2024Review
- Association between severe headache or migraine and lipid accumulation product and visceral adiposity index in adults: a cross-sectional study from NHANES.Lipids in health and disease · 2024Article
- Non-Pharmacological Treatments in Paediatric Migraine.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Primary Headaches-A Focused Review.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Family History of Major Thrombotic Events in Children with Migraine: A 12-Year Retrospective Single-Centre Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- The effect of the lunar cycle on migraine: preliminary findings from a retrospective study.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2022Article
- Headaches and obesity.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2022Article
- Headache disability, lifestyle factors, health perception, and mental disorder symptoms: a cross-sectional analysis of the 2013 National Health Survey in Brazil.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Article
- Association of obesity with headache among US children and adolescents: Evidence from NHANES 1999-2004.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Obesity and headache are both associated with a substantial personal and societal impact, and epidemiologic studies have consistently identified a positive association between obesity and headache in general, as well as obesity and migraine specifically (see part I). In the current manuscript, we will discuss the potential mechanisms for the migraine-obesity association, with a focus on the central and peripheral pathophysiological pathways which overlap between migraine and those modulating the drive to feed. We then discuss surgical, behavioral, and pharmacological treatment considerations for overweight and obese migraineurs as well as for those with idiopathic intracranial hypertension. We close by briefly discussing where future research may be headed in light of this data.
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