2024
Low‐calorie diet‐induced weight loss is associated with altered brain connectivity and food desire in obesity
Hoang H, Lacadie C, Hwang J, Lam K, Elshafie A, Rosenberg S, Watt C, Sinha R, Constable R, Savoye M, Seo D, Belfort‐DeAguiar R. Low‐calorie diet‐induced weight loss is associated with altered brain connectivity and food desire in obesity. Obesity 2024, 32: 1362-1372. PMID: 38831482, PMCID: PMC11211061, DOI: 10.1002/oby.24046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional magnetic resonance imagingIntrinsic connectivity distributionDiet-induced weight lossBrain connectivityAssociated with altered brain connectivityLow-calorie dietEating behavior changesShort-term low-calorie dietRight hippocampusTemporal cortexBrain networksWeight lossBrain clustersEffects of diet-induced weight lossGroup differencesFood desireGlucose levelsDiagnosis of type 2 diabetesBehavioral changesMagnetic resonance imagingType 2 diabetesBrainLeptin levelsFood intakeResonance imaging
2020
Characterizing the Effects of Diabetes and Obesity on Insulin and Leptin Levels amongst Pregnant Women
Johnson AW, Snegovskikh D, Parikh L, DeAguiar RB, Han CS, Hwang JJ. Characterizing the Effects of Diabetes and Obesity on Insulin and Leptin Levels amongst Pregnant Women. American Journal Of Perinatology 2020, 37: 1094-1101. PMID: 32120424, DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1702988.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiabetes mellitusLeptin levelsCerebrospinal fluidLean mothersPlasma ratioMaternal cerebrospinal fluidMaternal metabolic environmentElective cesarean deliveryImpact of obesityCord blood insulinEffect of diabetesLow cerebrospinal fluidUncomplicated singleton pregnanciesMaternal plasma ratioArtery plasmaDM mothersCesarean deliveryObese patientsSingleton pregnanciesFetal exposureBlood insulinLower cordPregnant womenMaternal brainLean individuals