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Effects and experiences of exercise during pregnancy
(2015-09-25)
Background: Recommendations regarding intensity, duration and type of exercise during pregnancy vary worldwide. Most research on exercise during pregnancy investigates the effects of aerobic exercise while only a few trials ...
Microarray analysis of gene expression in human adipocytes and adipose tissue
(2008-02-21)
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide and is associated with several serious conditions such as insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis. Adipose tissue exerts important endocrine ...
Diabetes and obesity in primary health care - a condition beyond physiological factors
(2011-11-18)
Aims: The objectives of this thesis are to illustrate how obese and normal-weight individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) experience their health status and health care interactions and to highlight the diabetes team ...
Molecular mechanisms in obesity-associated metabolic disease
(2007-07-12)
Obesity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Subjects with obesity are at risk of developing several serious conditions such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease and stroke. This thesis ...
Adipose tissue-derived serum amyloid A and adipose tissue macrophages in metabolic disease
(2013-11-29)
Obesity is associated with a low-grade chronic inflammation with increased levels of proinflammatory markers in the circulation and local inflammation in the adipose tissue. In this thesis, two aspects of obesity-related ...
Cardiovascular and metabolic control in obese children and adolescents
(2008-05-23)
Childhood obesity is an emerging risk factor for disease and mortality worldwide. The cardiovascular consequences and prevention thereof need to be further investigated. Exercise and weight loss are well examined and ...
Obesity, weight reduction treatment and IVF
(2021-10-26)
Background: Obesity is a growing problem on a global scale and women with obesity have a higher risk for infertility and complications, for both mother and child, in pregnancy and birth. This has been shown both regarding ...
Excess skin after bariatric surgery - patients' perspective and objective measurements
(2015-05-04)
Most of the world's population lives in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight. The only effective treatment is found to be bariatric surgery. Excess skin is an undervalued, negative ...
Body weight, body size and early cardiovascular disease. Epidemiological studies using Swedish registries
(2021-05-04)
Background: Obesity is a known risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, as well as for atrial fibrillation and heart failure. While overweight and obesity have become increasingly more common in Sweden and ...
The importance of lifestyle factors for the outcome of gynecological surgery
(2017-04-06)
Background: Hysterectomy (HT), urinary incontinence- (UI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery are common surgical procedures in women with benign disorders and more than 16 000 procedures are performed annually in ...