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The effects of temperature and seasons on subcutaneous white adipose tissue in humans: evidence for thermogenic gene induction.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
December 2014
Department of Medicine (P.A.K., B.S.F., B.Z.), Division of Endocrinology, and the Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536; Division of Endocrinology (N.R.), University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado 80220; Eastern Colorado Veterans Health Care System (N.R.), Denver, Colorado 80220; Department of Pediatrics (R.E.M.), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas; College of Public Health (P.M.W.) and College of Health Sciences (E.E.D-V.), University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536.
Context: Although brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity is increased by a cold environment, little is known of the response of human white adipose tissue (WAT) to the cold.
Design: We examined both abdominal and thigh subcutaneous (SC) WAT from 71 subjects who were biopsied in the summer or winter, and adipose expression was assessed after an acute cold stimulus applied to the thigh of physically active young subjects.
Results: In winter, UCP1 and PGC1α mRNA were increased 4 to 10-fold (p < 0.
Provider and staff perceptions of veterans' attrition from a national primary care weight management program.
Prim Health Care Res Dev
April 2015
9Omaha VA Medical Center,Omaha,NE,USA.
Background: Overweight and obesity are growing problems for primary care. Although effective weight management programs exist, these programs experience significant attrition, which limits effectiveness.
Objectives: This study examined provider and staff perceptions of attrition from the Veterans Health Administration MOVE!(®) Weight Management Program as an initial step toward understanding attrition from primary care-based programs.