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'Lucy' and anorexia nervosa: a nutritional and anthropological view

scientific article published in June 2003

Accuracy of predictive equations for estimating resting energy expenditure in obese adolescents.

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Adult home parenteral nutrition: a clinical evaluation after a 3-year experience in a Southern European centre

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Ancel Keys centenary and the definition of healthy diet

scientific article published in June 2004

Androgenicity in relation to body fat distribution and metabolism in 38-year-old women--the European Fat Distribution Study

scientific article published on 01 January 1990

Appropriate or inappropriate left ventricular mass in the presence or absence of prognostically adverse left ventricular hypertrophy

scientific article published in June 2001

Are hepatic steatosis and carotid intima media thickness associated in obese patients with normal or slightly elevated gamma-glutamyl-transferase?

scientific article published on 16 March 2012

Artificial nutrition at the bioethic cross-road between treatment and basic health care

scientific article published on 28 November 2005

Assessment of physical activity in an outpatient obesity clinic in southern Italy: results from a standardized questionnaire.

scientific article published on 6 October 2005

BMR variability in women of different weight

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Beyond the traditional interpretation of Mediterranean diet

scientific article published on 01 June 2003

Bioelectrical impedance phase angle in constitutionally lean females, ballet dancers and patients with anorexia nervosa

scientific article published on 12 November 2008

Body composition changes after weight-loss interventions for overweight and obesity.

scientific article published on 30 August 2012

Butyrylcholinesterase as a prognostic marker: a review of the literature

scientific article published on September 6, 2012

Central venous catheter infections and antibiotic therapy during long-term home parenteral nutrition: an 11-year follow-up study

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

Changes in the glycosylation pattern of circulating gonadotropins after acute administration of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in patients with anorexia nervosa

scientific article published in January 1998

Cholinesterase and other serum liver enzymes in underweight outpatients with eating disorders.

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Circulating levels of sirtuin 4, a potential marker of oxidative metabolism, related to coronary artery disease in obese patients suffering from NAFLD, with normal or slightly increased liver enzymes.

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Citrulline blood levels as indicators of residual intestinal absorption in patients with short bowel syndrome

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Clinical outcome of long-term home parenteral nutrition in non-oncological patients: a report from two specialised centres

scientific article published on 03 October 2007

Composition of personalized and standard nutritional mixtures in patients on home parenteral nutrition.

scientific article published on 12 February 2014

Daily macro and micronutrient supply for patients on total enteral nutrition: are they in keeping with new dietary reference intakes for the Italian population?

scientific article published on 24 October 2013

Disability pension for a middle-aged woman with anorexia nervosa

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

Effect of bariatric surgery on left ventricular geometry and function in severe obesity

scientific article published in July 2012

Effects of sibutramine-induced weight loss on cardiovascular system in obese subjects

scientific article published in February 2005

Epidemiology of obesity in the elderly: CNR multicentric study in Italy.

scientific article published in January 1990

European food-based dietary guidelines: a comparison and update.

scientific article published on 29 January 2015

Evaluation of the hypocholesterolemic effect of vegetable proteins

scientific article published in January 1983

Evidence of brown fat activity in constitutional leanness

scientific article published on 7 February 2013

Fasting respiratory quotient as a predictor of long-term weight changes in non-obese women

scientific article published on 6 July 2004

Fasting serum insulin in relation to fat distribution, serum lipid profile, and blood pressure in European women: the European Fat Distribution Study

scientific article published in August 1991

Functional analysis of melanocortin-4-receptor mutants identified in severely obese subjects living in Southern Italy.

scientific article published on 7 March 2010

Hepatic steatosis in overweight/obese females: new screening method for those at risk

scientific article published on December 2009

High leptin/adiponectin ratio and serum triglycerides are associated with an "at-risk" phenotype in young severely obese patients.

scientific article published on 23 December 2010

Home artificial nutrition: an update seven years after the regional regulation

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Immune-metabolic profiling of anorexic patients reveals an anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory phenotype

scientific article published on 29 October 2014

Increased Urinary Excretion of Collagen Crosslinks in Type 1 Diabetic Children in the First 5 Years of Disease

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Influence of urbanization on childhood obesity

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Integrated medical-psychiatric treatment of the "crisis phase" in severe protein-energy malnutrition secondary to major eating disorders

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Iron absorption following a single oral dose of ferrous sulfate or ferric gluconate in patients with gastrectomy

scientific article published on 26 July 2013

Is hypercholesterolemia a predictor that impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) will progress to diabetes?

scientific article published on 01 March 1987

Left ventricular filling pattern in uncomplicated obesity

scientific article published in March 1996

Liver and obesity

scientific article published in October 1985

Long-term medical complications after malabsorptive procedures: effects of a late clinical nutritional intervention

scientific article published on 30 March 2014

Long-term mortality in anorexia nervosa: a report after an 8-year follow-up and a review of the most recent literature.

scientific article published on 2 August 2006

Mankind adaptation and present human health

scientific article published on 25 June 2008

Menstrual status and serum leptin levels in anorectic and in menstruating women with low body mass indexes

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Metabolic and nutritional status changes after 10% weight loss in severely obese patients treated with laparoscopic surgery vs integrated medical treatment

scientific article published on 14 November 2007

Metabolic syndrome and ADRB3 gene polymorphism in severely obese patients from South Italy

scientific article published on 14 February 2007

Metabolic syndrome: analogies with subtypes of protein energy malnutrition

scientific article published on 15 May 2006

Molecular analysis of the adiponectin gene in severely obese patients from southern Italy

scientific article published on 14 November 2008

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in young adult severely obese non-diabetic patients in South Italy.

scientific article published on 2 August 2005

Noninvasive evaluation of abdominal fat and liver changes following progressive weight loss in severely obese patients treated with laparoscopic gastric bypass.

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Obesity epidemics: secular trend or globalization consequence? Beyond the interaction between genetic and environmental factors

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Obesity epidemics: simple or simplicistic answers?

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Outcome predictors in the short-term treatment of anorexia nervosa: an integrated medical-psychiatric approach

scientific article published in June 2003

Phase angle is a predictor of basal metabolic rate in female patients with anorexia nervosa

scientific article published on 29 March 2005

Plasma high density lipoprotein in severe obesity after stable weight loss.

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Postprandial thermogenesis in leanness and anorexia nervosa

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

Predicted and measured resting energy expenditure in healthy young women

scientific article published in February 1993

Predictive factors of survival in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis on home parenteral nutrition.

scientific article published on 18 January 2006

Predictors of survival in terminal-cancer patients with irreversible bowel obstruction receiving home parenteral nutrition

scientific article published in July 2001

Preliminary data on the relationship between circulating levels of Sirtuin 4, anthropometric and metabolic parameters in obese subjects according to growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor-1 status

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Preliminary evaluation of the prevalence of sarcopenia in obese patients from Southern Italy

scientific article published in January 2015

Prevalence of bone disease in patients on home parenteral nutrition

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Prevalence of home artificial nutrition in Italy in 2005: a survey by the Italian Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (SINPE)

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Prevention and treatment of implanted central venous catheter (CVC) - related sepsis: A report after six years of home parenteral nutrition (HPN)

scientific article published in June 2002

Prognostic significance of bioelectrical impedance phase angle in advanced cancer: preliminary observations.

scientific article published on 4 June 2009

Protein balance during very-low-calorie diets for the treatment of severe obesity

scientific article published on 01 January 1987

Reduced cold-induced thermogenesis in familial human obesity

scientific article published on 01 February 1986

Relation of insulin resistance to markers of preclinical cardiovascular disease: the Strong Heart Study

scientific article published in June 2003

Relative fat-free mass deficiency and left ventricular adaptation to obesity: the Strong Heart Study

scientific article published on 9 October 2012

Sequence Analysis of the UCP1 Gene in a Severe Obese Population from Southern Italy

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Serum LP(A) levels in randomized healthy men from different European countries

scientific article published on 01 September 1993

Severe acute liver damage in anorexia nervosa: two case reports

scientific article published in May 2006

Short-term effects of moderate alcohol consumption on lipid metabolism and energy balance in normal men.

scientific article published in February 1989

Six novel mutations in the proopiomelanocortin and melanocortin receptor 4 genes in severely obese adults living in southern Italy

scientific article published on 10 June 2005

Stable reversal of pathologic signs of primitive intestinal lymphangiectasia with a hypolipidic, MCT-enriched diet

scientific article published on 01 April 2000

The FTO gene polymorphism (rs9939609) is associated with metabolic syndrome in morbidly obese subjects from southern Italy

scientific article published on 25 March 2014

The metabolic syndrome: a syndrome and not a disease

scientific article published on 08 June 2010

The mtDNA 15497 G/A polymorphism in cytochrome b in severe obese subjects from Southern Italy

scientific article published on 28 November 2005

The prediction of basal metabolic rate in female patients with anorexia nervosa

scientific article published on 01 March 2001

The prediction of basal metabolic rate in young adult, severely obese patients using single-frequency bioimpedance analysis

scientific article published in October 2003

The prediction of total body water from bioelectrical impedance in patients with anorexia nervosa.

scientific article published in September 1997

Variants of uncoupling protein-2 gene and obesity: interaction with peroxisome proliferator-activated receptorgamma2.

scientific article published in December 2003

Xhooxham, the young lady of a Bushman tribe, and "globesity"

scientific article published on 01 October 2004