Publications by authors named "J P Saey"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates gestational weight gain and its effects on postpartum outcomes in women who have undergone bariatric surgery.
- The research indicates that a significant portion of these women either gain too little or too much weight during pregnancy, with insufficient weight gain linked to a higher incidence of small-for-gestational-age infants.
- Conversely, excessive weight gain is associated with increased postpartum weight retention, indicating potential challenges for weight management after childbirth.
Incretin-based therapies are widely used to treat type 2 diabetes. Although hypoglycemic actions of incretins are mostly due to their insulinotropic/glucagonostatic effects, they may also influence extrapancreatic metabolism. We administered exendin-4 (Ex-4), a long-acting glucagon-like peptide receptor agonist, at low dose (0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The expansion of the obesity epidemic is accompanied with an increase in bariatric procedures, in particular in women of reproductive age. The weight loss induced by the surgery is believed to reverse the negative impact of overweight and obesity on female reproduction, however, research is limited to in particular retrospective cohort studies and a growing number of small case-series and case-(control) studies.
Methods/design: AURORA is a multicenter prospective cohort study.