Active clinical trials for "Obesity"

Obesity is a major health issue worldwide; there is a constant raise in obesity related death each year.

Childhood obesity is perhaps the most significant public health problem in the most developed countries and is rapidly becoming so in developing countries. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data shows a 3-fold increase in the prevalence of obesity in childhood, over past few decades. Furthermore, childhood obesity has markedly contributed to the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes in U.S. children. Alarmingly, there is increasing evidence that atherosclerosis develops silently during childhood in obese children. In the Bogalusa Heart Study, pediatric autopsy studies showed a clear relationship between the number and severity of risk factors, principally obesity, with atherosclerosis in both the aorta and coronary arteries. Increased intimal medial thickness (IMT) was not present among obese adults who had been normal weight as children, emphasizing the cumulative effects of childhood obesity persisting into adulthood. Thus, the need for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease beginning in childhood is strongly suggested.

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of a 9-month Family Child Care Home (FCCH)-based intervention, Keys to Healthy Family Child Care Homes, to increase the physical activity and improve the diet quality of children (1.5 to 4.9 years).

Obesity is a worldwide health problematic whose incidence is increasing especially in developed countries. The surgical management of this illness consists in different techniques such as Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy but this treatment could not be efficient enough. The causes of failure after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy are not known but could include the residual gastric volume. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the residual gastric volume is involved in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy's failure.

The aims of this study are to develop a novel family-based behavioral intervention (Re-Pace) to help children at risk for obesity (children who eat rapidly and have an overweight parent/legal guardian) develop a more normal eating rate.

The aim is to study the effect of milk versus cheese on fecal fat excretion and blood lipids. To do this, a randomized crossover intervention study with 3 14-day periods (control diet, milk diet, cheese diet) will be conducted in 16 young males. Fasting blood samples will be collected before and after each period, and fecal samples will be collected for the last 5 days in each period.

This objective of this randomized controlled trial is to conduct a 2x2 test of a lifestyle intervention and metformin (a drug used to treat diabetes) to investigate how these treatments, alone or in combination, affect biomarkers associated with breast cancer survival. The Reach for Health Study will enroll 340 overweight/obese, postmenopausal breast cancer survivors. After completing the screening process and baseline measures, participants will be randomized in equal numbers to: (1) placebo, (2) metformin, (3) lifestyle intervention and placebo, or (4) lifestyle intervention and metformin. The intervention was powered on the main effects and the planned analyses are to compare: Metformin to Placebo and a separate comparison of Lifestyle intervention to control. The interventions will last for 6 months. Concentrations of circulating biomarkers will be assessed at baseline and 6 months.

This is a pilot study to determine the safety and efficacy of an investigational product (IHBG-10) on weight change and changes in body composition in subjects who have been taking a stable dose of certain anti-psychotic medications for longer than three months.

Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and Exercise (CHILE) is a trans-community multidisciplinary site-specific intervention and evaluation plan for a Head Start and family-based culturally and developmentally appropriate intervention. The primary goals are to increase physical activity and improve dietary intake through increased consumption of fruits, vegetables and whole grain and decrease consumption of sweetened drinks and high-fat foods,decrease television and other screen time, and decrease obesity in three to five year old Hispanic and American Indian children enrolled in Head Start programs in rural New Mexico. The trans-community intervention includes: A classroom curriculum for children; an in-service training program for Head Start teachers and educational aides; a school food service component; a family intervention; a community leader/local health care provider component; and a grocery store component. Participants include 16 Head Start programs serving Hispanic and Native American children and families from underserved communities in rural New Mexico. This is a randomized trial with an Intervention Condition and Control Condition. One cohort of three-year old Head Start students will be followed and measured for two years. During the two years in Head Start those children, their teachers, and families enrolled in the Intervention Condition will receive a program of activities to modify their dietary, physical activity, and screen viewing behaviors. Also addressed are the Head Start and community environments and policies, local grocery stores, and health care providers. CHILE uses an ecological framework including social cognitive theory, intervention mapping, environmental and policy changes, developmental theory, and sound educational practices. The approach includes in from the community to ensure acceptability, cultural appropriateness, feasibility, sustainability, and later transferability to similar communities. The primary outcome measures include changes in physical activity levels, dietary fiber intake, dietary fat intake, intake of sugared drinks, television viewing and other screen time, in BMI. Secondary measures include changes in the Head Start and community environments and policies related to physical activity, school food service, school snacks, and availability of healthful options. We will also examine the role of community leaders, especially health care providers, in raising awareness and creating a supportive and sustainable environment for the prevention of obesity.

The efficacy of an epidural depends mainly on accurate placement of the catheter in the epidural space. Therefore, identification of the epidural space is the most vital part of the procedure. Obese patients represent the most challenging group for the identification of anatomical landmarks. With the use of ultrasound, we can visualize the images of the anatomical structures in the back. Some anesthesiologists believe ultrasound can help in the placement of an epidural, and routinely use it to assist in determining needle entry point in your back as well as estimating the depth at which the epidural space will be found. Our hypothesis is that the use of lumbar spine ultrasound imaging will accurately determine the epidural space depth and the epidural insertion point in obese patients.