Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Diabetes and obesity – Translational cardiovascular and obesityData regarding the prevalence of eating disorders (ED) and their influence on clinical outcomes among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are scarce. Our aim is to investigate the frequency of positive screening for ED and, specifically binge eating disorder (BED), in a T2DM sample. To analyse whether there are any differences among T2DM subjects with a positive screening for ED or BED.<p clas...

Background and aims: Obesity is linked to a low-grade and chronic systemic inflammation that improves after a significant weight loss. In the same way, depressive disorder has been suggested to be associated with systemic inflammation up regulation. We aimed to explore whether, after a significant weight loss, the presence of depressive symptoms was associated with differences in terms of inflammatory markers and quality of life compared with individuals without significant de...

Introduction: Information regarding eating disorders (ED) in postsurgical outcomes after bariatric surgery (BS) is scarce.Objectives: To analyze the effect of BS on ED and to investigate if ED influence clinical, biochemical or psychological outcomes.Methods: Sixty patients (78.3%♀, age 46.35±9.89, months since BS 46.28±28.1) who underwent BS, with a minimum follow up of 12 months, were evaluated cross-sectionally. ...

Background: There is an increasingly aware of strong associations between obesity and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), with high rates of ADHD (26–61%) in patients seeking weight loss. Psychological evaluation is mandatory in patients presenting for bariatric surgery (BS), although it is focused on eating disorders and depression, with data lacking on ADHD. ADHD could increase the risk for less successful results after surgery because of noncompliance with...

Background and aimsSeveral factors that worsen the prognosis of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 have been identified, such as obesity or diabetes. However, despite that nutrition may change in a lockdown situation, little is known about the influence of malnutrition among subjects hospitalized due to COVID-19. Our study aimed to assess whether the presence of malnutrition among patients admitted due to COVID-19 had any impact on clinical outcomes compared...