ReviewJournal of healthcare engineering2018
Systems and WBANs for Controlling Obesity.
Review in Journal of healthcare engineering, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of traditional Chinese medicine non-pharmacological intervention in patients with simple obesity: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- A meta-analysis on the changes of BMI during an inpatient treatment with different follow-up lengths (short and long term) compared with the outpatient phase in obese patients.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy of time restricted eating and resistance training on body composition and mood profiles among young adults with overweight/obesity: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2025Trial
- Open-label placebos reduce weight in obesity: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Effectiveness of school-based intervention in obese children.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026Article
- Impact of meal frequency on gastroesophageal reflux disease following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Health-related quality of life and sexual function among women with overweight or obesity and urinary incontinence: a cross-sectional study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Cryo-EM structure of the full-length LGR4-RSPOs complex and a targeting nanobody for anti-obesity therapy.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- Cardiovascular Profile and Cardiovascular Imaging After Bariatric Surgery: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- The obesity-related mutation gene on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.Human genetics · 2025Article
- Obesity and Its Comorbidities: Current Treatment Options, Emerging Biological Mechanisms, Future Perspectives and Challenges.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025Review
- Exploring the relationship between live microbe intake and obesity prevalence in adults.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Multifaceted mitochondrial as a novel therapeutic target in dry eye: insights and interventions.Cell death discovery · 2024Review
- Lactoferrin alleviates chronic low‑grade inflammation response in obese mice by regulating intestinal flora.Molecular medicine reports · 2024Article
- How do lifestyle factors modify the association between genetic predisposition and obesity-related phenotypes? A 4-way decomposition analysis using UK Biobank.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- EGCG Suppresses Adipogenesis and Promotes Browning of 3T3-L1 Cells by Inhibiting Notch1 Expression.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Protocol for a prospective longitudinal cohort study on the effects of non-surgical weight loss on pelvic floor dysfunction.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Hair cortisol levels are associated with overweight and obesity in the ELSA-Brasil cohort.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Total phenolic contents, cytotoxic, free radicals, porcine pancreatic α-amylase, and lipase suppressant activities ofFrontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
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Abstract
According to World Health Organization (WHO) estimations, one out of five adults worldwide will be obese by 2025. Worldwide obesity has doubled since 1980. In fact, more than 1.9 billion adults (39%) of 18 years and older were overweight and over 600 million (13%) of these were obese in 2014. 42 million children under the age of five were overweight or obese in 2014. Obesity is a top public health problem due to its associated morbidity and mortality. This paper reviews the main techniques to measure the level of obesity and body fat percentage, and explains the complications that can carry to the individual's quality of life, longevity and the significant cost of healthcare systems. Researchers and developers are adapting the existing technology, as intelligent phones or some wearable gadgets to be used for controlling obesity. They include the promoting of healthy eating culture and adopting the physical activity lifestyle. The paper also shows a comprehensive study of the most used mobile applications and Wireless Body Area Networks focused on controlling the obesity and overweight. Finally, this paper proposes an intelligent architecture that takes into account both, physiological and cognitive aspects to reduce the degree of obesity and overweight.
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