We will enroll children with severe early onset obesity (BMI greater than 99th percentile) diagnosed prior to 6 years of age or other endocrine disorders. We will ask questions about their health, eating behavior and perform a brief physical examination. We will collect saliva or blood to perform genetic testing. We will also…
We are doing this research study to find out what happens to children who are overweight and how the things we recommend as a part of routine clinical care affect your child. The purpose of this study is to understand what happens to children as a result of being overweight, to link these outcomes to specific clinical measures, and to determine how…
This is a study of body changes that take place in teenagers who undergo bariatric surgery as a treatment for obesity and obesity-related conditions. Changes will be measured by serial MRI andmetabolomic profiling.
Weight gain after starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) is common, but recent studies have found that some people living with HIV (PLWH) who are taking an integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) combined with tenofovir alafenamide/emtricitabine (TAF/FTC) or tenofovir alafenamide/lamivudine (TAF/3TC) may gain more weight than people taking other drug…