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Behavioural and psychological pretreatment predictors of short- and long-term w...
Jorge, R; Santos, I; Tomas, R; Silva, MN; Carraca, EV; Teixeira, Vitor Hugo; Teixeira, PJPurpose This study aims at identifying behavioural and psychological pretreatment predictors of 12- and 36-month weight loss in women with overweight/obesity enrolled in a behavioural weight management intervention. Methods A sample of 221 women participated in a randomized controlled trial on weight management (n(12 month) = 184;n(36 month) = 156). Multiple linear regressions were used to identify pretreatment...
Does diet strictness level during weekends and holiday periods influence 1-year...
Jorge, R; Santos, I; Teixeira, Vitor Hugo; Teixeira, PJThere is not much evidence about how diet strictness during weekends and holidays influence long-term weight loss maintenance. Our aim was to examine how dieting more or less strictly during weekends and holidays (vs. weekdays and non-holiday periods) influence weight loss maintenance.Participants (n=108) from the Portuguese Weight Control Registry indicated whether they had a more or less strict diet regimen d...
Germline MUTYH (MYH) mutations in Portuguese individuals with multiple colorect...
Isidro, G; Laranjeira, F; Pires, A; Leite, J; Regateiro, FJ; Castro e Sousa, F; Soares, J; Castro, C; Giria, J; Brito, MJ; Medeira, A; Teixeira, RGerminal mutations in the base excision repair (BER) gene MUTYH (MYH) have recently been described in association with predisposition to multiple colorectal adenomas and cancer. In contrast to the classic dominant condition of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) due to germinal mutations in the APC gene, the MYH polyposis is an autosomal recessive disease. The identification of individuals affected by MYH poly...