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Item Diet, drugs, surgery: the skinny on weight reducing therapies(1997-04-03) Denke, Margo A.Item Endoluminal therapies for weight loss and the treatment of obesity-related metabolic diseases(2015-01-10) Aguirre, VincentItem Endoscopic therapies for weight loss: current and future paradigms(2023-09-08) Shah, ShawnItem The Impact of Depressive Symptomatology on the Efficacy of a Weight Loss Intervention Program in African-American Children and Adolescents(2014-07-23) Pop, Radu Bogdan; Germann, Julie; Carmody, Thomas; Lazarus, Mary; Oden, Jon; Reed, GabrielaObesity is a widespread issue that has gradually increased in prevalence over the years. Individuals within certain racial or ethnic groups, minority children and adolescents, or youth living within low-income neighborhoods, are at a particularly high risk for the disease. Current research denotes a relationship between obesity and psychopathology, even though the directionality and the factors contributing to this interplay remain debatable. However, in order to develop viable solutions for solving this epidemic, additional factors impacting weight outcomes need to be examined. This study conducted secondary analyses using previously collected data from 206 African-American youth ages 7-18 involved in a weight loss program within a major urban area. It explored the impact of various psychosocial elements, psychological factors, and treatment adherence issues, as potential predictors of weight outcomes. It was aimed to supplement the existing literature by attempting to identify the impact of various factors for African-American youth involved in a weight management program, which could potentially assist in the future development of more specific intervention strategies. Although most of the variables within the primary aims were not found to be predictive of weight loss success, certain sex differences between subjects were observed. Generally, males had overall higher hazard ratios in comparison to female subjects, and were thus more likely to drop out at any time during the study. Additional analyses suggested that older subjects and those with greater average food monitoring lost more weight. A specified target weight loss of 5% or 10% was also examined, and although no factors were predictive of this achievement, approximately 8.7 and 10.6 months were necessary to reach the 5% or 10 % weight loss, with female subjects being more successful in this task. These findings suggest that gender and engagement in food monitoring practices may be important factors for weight loss success for this unique population. In addition, early success in losing weight could also serve an important function, as this might have increased self-efficacy and motivation. However, further research is necessary in this area and the exploration of more culturally relevant interventions could prove to be increasingly beneficial.Item [News](1984-12-12) Johnson, Kevin OrlinItem Qomolangma: a novel and effective weight loss methods(2013-02-08) Palmer, Biff F.Item [UT Southwestern Medical Center News](2010-12-09) Ladson, LaKishaItem [UT Southwestern Medical Center News](2007-03-16) Despres, CliffItem [UT Southwestern Medical Center News](2013-09-26) Bolles, DebbieItem [UT Southwestern Medical Center News](2008-07-24) Shear, Kristen HollandItem [UT Southwestern Medical Center News](2009-02-05) Rian, RussellItem [UT Southwestern Medical Center News](2009-01-28) McKenzie, AlineItem [UT Southwestern Medical Center News](2008-03-11) Shear, Kristen HollandItem Weight Changes and Weight Measurements in Hospitalized Burn Patients(2017-01-17) Mendez-Romero, Denisse; Wolf, Steven E.; Clark, Audra T.; Phelan, Herb; Arnoldo, BrettINTRODUCTION: Burns are associated with significant changes in body weight due to resuscitation volumes leading to increased weight and a hypermetabolic state and prolonged bed rest resulting in wasting of lean body mass and weight loss. The actual weight changes and frequency of weight measurements throughout hospitalization have not been well described across time. The purpose of this study was to describe these in more detail. METHODS: A review was conducted of 232 thermally injured patients hospitalized in a large, ABA-verified burn center from February 2016 to September 2016. Patients were seen daily by a nutritionist and received tube or oral feeding as appropriate. Demographics, hospital length of stay, and all weight measurements were collected. RESULTS: Over 8 months, 232 burn patients were admitted. The mean (±SD) age was 33 ± 24 years, median TBSA was 7% (IQR 13-3) and men were 67.37% of the sample. Patients had a 4.92% ± 1.40% (mean ± SEM) increase in weight from baseline at hospital day 7(n=40). The mean weight changes of hospitalized patients were -1.57% ± 4.46% at 30 days (n=13), -6.66% ± 4.47% at 45 days (n=10), -13.83% ± 3.74% at 60 days (n=7), and -23.93% ± 12.26% at 130 days (n=2). The maximum length of stay was 205 days and this subject had a weight loss of 33.33% from baseline. Composite data of mean change of weight from baseline over time was plotted with an R2 value of 0.6 for both linear and third order regression. Patients with a length of stay between 7 to 14 days (n=49), 15 to 30 days (n=15), 31 to 60 days (n=9) and more than 60 days (n=9) had a daily weight recorded only 7.4%, 20.6%, 35.5% and 47% of their inpatient days, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Burn patients demonstrate an increase in body weight within the first week of hospitalization likely related to resuscitation followed by a consistent decline. Patients with stays greater than one month have a decline in weight below their baseline and can lose as much as a third of their body mass even in the setting of nutritional support and rehabilitation efforts. Additionally, these data show that weight is measured more often as length of stay increases. Weight is often used as a marker of nutritional status, although this may not be appropriate in the setting of large fluid shifts and obesity. Additionally, patients might be losing muscle mass in favor of body fat. It is important to recognize long-term weight trends in the burn population, but further investigation is needed regarding the predictors of significant weight loss and associated outcomes.