Association among measurements obtained using portable ultrasonography with sex, body mass index, and age in a large sample of adult population

Authors: Giuseppe Annunziata, Ludovica Verde, Alessia Rosaria Anna Grillo, Tiziana Stallone, Annamaria Colao, Giovanna Muscogiuri, Luigi Barrea

Source: Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-22 (2025)

Subject Terms: Ultrasound, Subcutaneous adipose tissue, Muscle, Echogenicity, Tissue quality, Obesity, Medicine

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Chronodisruption enhances inflammatory cytokine release from visceral adipose tissue in obesity

Authors: Lorenza Zinna, Ludovica Verde, Michele Francesco Di Tolla, Luigi Barrea, Alessia Parascandolo, Federica D’Alterio, Annamaria Colao, Pietro Formisano, Vittoria D’Esposito, Giovanna Muscogiuri

Source: Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2025)

Subject Terms: Chronotype, Obesity: inflammation, Cytokines, Clock genes, Visceral adipose tissue, Medicine

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1479-5876

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Supplementation with essential amino acids in the early stage of carbohydrate reintroduction after a very-low energy ketogenic therapy (VLEKT) improves body cell mass, muscle strength and inflammation

Authors: Giuseppe Annunziata, Ludovica Verde, Vincenzo D’Orsi, Massimiliano Caprio, Stefania Gorini, Silvia Savastano, Annamaria Colao, Giovanna Muscogiuri, Luigi Barrea

Source: Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2025)

Subject Terms: Very-low energy ketogenic therapy, Obesity, Essential amino acids, Body cell mass, Muscle strength, Inflammation, Medicine

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1479-5876

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Use of phase angle as an indicator of overtraining in sport and physical training

Authors: Giuseppe Annunziata, Antonio Paoli, Evelyn Frias-Toral, Stellario Marra, Francesco Campa, Ludovica Verde, Annamaria Colao, Henry Lukaski, Daniel Simancas-Racines, Giovanna Muscogiuri, Luigi Barrea

Source: Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2024)

Subject Terms: BIA, BIVA, Overreaching, Fatigue, Inflammation, Overtraining, Medicine

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1479-5876

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Weight loss, changes in body composition and inflammatory status after a very low-energy ketogenic therapy (VLEKT): does gender matter?

Authors: Giovanna Muscogiuri, Ludovica Verde, Evelyn Frias-Toral, Claudia Reytor-González, Giuseppe Annunziata, Mattia Proganò, Silvia Savastano, Daniel Simancas-Racines, Annamaria Colao, Luigi Barrea

Source: Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2024)

Subject Terms: Sex, Gender, Obesity, Weight loss, Very low-calorie ketogenic diet, VLCKD, Medicine

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1479-5876

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European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) Position Statement on Medical Nutrition Therapy for the Management of Individuals with Overweight or Obesity and Cancer

Authors: Giovanna Muscogiuri, Luigi Barrea, Silvia Bettini, Marwan El Ghoch, Niki Katsiki, Liisa Tolvanen, Ludovica Verde, Annamaria Colao, Luca Busetto, Volkan Demirhan Yumuk, Maria Hassapidou

Source: Obesity Facts, Pp 1-20 (2024)

Subject Terms: obesity, cancer, diet, nutrition, mediterranean diet, ketogenic diet, intermittent fasting, Nutrition. Foods and food supply, TX341-641, Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases, RC620-627

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Relation: https://beta.karger.com/Article/FullText/542155; https://doaj.org/toc/1662-4033

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Position statement of Italian Society of Obesity (SIO): Gestational Obesity

Authors: Luigi Barrea, Stefania Camastra, Silvia Garelli, Valeria Guglielmi, Melania Manco, Fernanda Velluzzi, Rocco Barazzoni, Ludovica Verde, Giovanna Muscogiuri

Source: Eating and Weight Disorders, Vol 29, Iss 1, Pp 1-20 (2024)

Subject Terms: Pregnancy, Obesity, Gestational obesity, Gestational weight gain, Gestational diabetes mellitus, Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases, RC620-627

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1590-1262

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Heavy metals in the diet: unraveling the molecular pathways linked to neurodegenerative disease risk

Authors: Patricia Guevara-Ramírez, Rafael Tamayo-Trujillo, Santiago Cadena-Ullauri, Viviana Ruiz-Pozo, Elius Paz-Cruz, Giuseppe Annunziata, Ludovica Verde, Evelyn Frias-Toral, Daniel Simancas-Racines, Ana Karina Zambrano

Source: Food and Agricultural Immunology, Vol 35, Iss 1 (2024)

Subject Terms: Heavy metals, neurodegeneration, diet, contamination, Agriculture (General), S1-972, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/0954-0105; https://doaj.org/toc/1465-3443

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Obesity and micronutrients deficit, when and how to suplement

Authors: Sebastián Pablo Chapela, Andres Luciano Nicolas Martinuzzi, Natalia Daniela Llobera, Florencia Ceriani, Victoria Gonzalez, Martha Montalvan, Ludovica Verde, Evelyn Frias-Toral

Source: Food and Agricultural Immunology, Vol 35, Iss 1 (2024)

Subject Terms: Obesity, vitamin D, micronutrients, diet, Agriculture (General), S1-972, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/0954-0105; https://doaj.org/toc/1465-3443

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Food insecurity and its associations with cardiometabolic health in Latino individuals of Mexican ancestry

Authors: Ludovica Verde, Lindsay N. Kohler, Giovanna Muscogiuri, Oscar Parra, Yann C. Klimentidis, Dawn K. Coletta, Lawrence J. Mandarino

Source: Frontiers in Nutrition, Vol 11 (2024)

Subject Terms: food insecurity, Latino/Hispanic, diet, type 2 diabetes, glycemic control, Nutrition. Foods and food supply, TX341-641

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1499504/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-861X

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Very low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD): a therapeutic nutritional tool for acne?

Authors: Ludovica Verde, Evelyn Frias-Toral, Sara Cacciapuoti, Daniel Simancas-Racines, Matteo Megna, Giuseppina Caiazzo, Luca Potestio, Maria Maisto, Gian Carlo Tenore, Annamaria Colao, Silvia Savastano, Giovanna Muscogiuri, Luigi Barrea

Source: Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2024)

Subject Terms: Acne, Very low-calorie ketogenic diet, VLCKD, Ketogenic diet, Obesity, Inflammation, Medicine

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1479-5876

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Very low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) in the management of hidradenitis suppurativa (Acne Inversa): an effective and safe tool for improvement of the clinical severity of disease. Results of a pilot study

Authors: Ludovica Verde, Sara Cacciapuoti, Giuseppina Caiazzo, Matteo Megna, Fabrizio Martora, Annarita Cavaliere, Maria Mattera, Maria Maisto, Gian Carlo Tenore, Annamaria Colao, Silvia Savastano, Giovanna Muscogiuri, Luigi Barrea

Source: Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2024)

Subject Terms: Hidradenitis suppurativa, Acne inversa, Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet, VLCKD, Ketogenic diet, Obesity, Medicine

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1479-5876

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Sex-differences in Mediterranean diet: a key piece to explain sex-related cardiovascular risk in obesity? A cross-sectional study

Authors: Luigi Barrea, Ludovica Verde, Rosario Suárez, Evelyn Frias-Toral, Celina Andrade Vásquez, Annamaria Colao, Silvia Savastano, Giovanna Muscogiuri

Source: Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2024)

Subject Terms: Obesity, Mediterranean diet, Sex differences, Gender, Cardiovascular risk, High sensitivity C reactive protein, Medicine

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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet as a possible additional tool to be used for screening the metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO) phenotype

Authors: Luigi Barrea, Ludovica Verde, Daniel Simancas-Racines, Ana Karina Zambrano, Evelyn Frias-Toral, Annamaria Colao, Silvia Savastano, Giovanna Muscogiuri

Source: Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2023)

Subject Terms: Mediterranean diet, PREDIMED, Metabolically healthy obesity, MHO, Metabolically unhealthy obesity, MUO, Medicine

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Can the ketogenic diet improve our dreams? Effect of very low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) on sleep quality

Authors: Luigi Barrea, Ludovica Verde, Cherubino Di Lorenzo, Silvia Savastano, Annamaria Colao, Giovanna Muscogiuri

Source: Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2023)

Subject Terms: Sleep quality, Obesity, Very low-calorie ketogenic diet, VLCKD, Ketogenic diet, Fat mass, Medicine

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Very low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD): an antihypertensive nutritional approach

Authors: Luigi Barrea, Ludovica Verde, Pasquale Santangeli, Stefania Lucà, Annamaria Docimo, Silvia Savastano, Annamaria Colao, Giovanna Muscogiuri

Source: Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2023)

Subject Terms: Very low-calorie ketogenic diet, VLCKD, Obesity, Hypertension, Blood pressure, Inflammation, Medicine

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Supplementation with medium-chain fatty acids increases body weight loss during very low-calorie ketogenic diet: a retrospective analysis in a real-life setting

Authors: Claudia Vetrani, Ludovica Verde, Silvia Savastano, Annamaria Colao, Giovanna Muscogiuri, Luigi Barrea

Source: Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2023)

Subject Terms: Obesity, Nutritional ketosis, VLCKD, Ketogenic diet, Ketone bodies, Medium-chain fatty acids (MCTs), Medicine

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The 'identikit' of subject with obesity and COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough

Authors: Giovanna Muscogiuri, Luigi Barrea, Ludovica Verde, Claudia Vetrani, Silvia Savastano, Annamaria Colao

Source: EXCLI Journal : Experimental and Clinical Sciences, Vol 21, Pp 687-694 (2022)

Subject Terms: covid-19, sars-cov-2, vaccine breakthrough, obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282, Biology (General), QH301-705.5

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Relation: https://www.excli.de/index.php/excli/article/view/4864; https://doaj.org/toc/1611-2156

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Editorial: Environmental factors implicated in obesity

Authors: Ludovica Verde, Evelyn Frias-Toral, Diana Cardenas

Source: Frontiers in Nutrition, Vol 10 (2023)

Subject Terms: obesity, environment, gut microbiota, food insecurity, stress, Nutrition. Foods and food supply, TX341-641

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2023.1171507/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-861X

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VLCKD: a real time safety study in obesity

Authors: Luigi Barrea, Ludovica Verde, Claudia Vetrani, Francesca Marino, Sara Aprano, Silvia Savastano, Annamaria Colao, Giovanna Muscogiuri

Source: Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)

Subject Terms: Very low calorie ketogenic diet, Side effects, Obesity, Medicine

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