Titre : Modifications du poids corporel

Modifications du poids corporel : Questions médicales fréquentes

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Contraception Behavior
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du poids ?", "position": 14, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Un sommeil insuffisant peut perturber les hormones de la faim et augmenter le risque de prise de poids." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Comment gérer le stress pour éviter le surpoids ?", "position": 15, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Des techniques comme la méditation, le yoga et la thérapie peuvent aider à réduire le stress." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Quels traitements pour la perte de poids ?", "position": 16, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Les traitements incluent des conseils nutritionnels, des thérapies comportementales et parfois des médicaments." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Comment traiter l'obésité ?", "position": 17, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Un plan de traitement peut inclure un régime, de l'exercice, des médicaments ou une chirurgie bariatrique." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Quels médicaments aident à la gestion du poids ?", "position": 18, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Des médicaments comme la sibutramine ou l'orlistat peuvent être prescrits pour aider à la perte de poids." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Comment la thérapie comportementale aide-t-elle ?", "position": 19, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Elle aide à modifier les habitudes alimentaires et à gérer les émotions liées à la nourriture." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Quels rôles jouent les diététiciens ?", "position": 20, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Les diététiciens élaborent des plans alimentaires personnalisés pour aider à atteindre des objectifs de poids." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Quelles complications peuvent résulter de l'obésité ?", "position": 21, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "L'obésité peut entraîner des maladies cardiaques, le diabète de type 2 et des problèmes articulaires." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Comment la perte de poids rapide affecte-t-elle la santé ?", "position": 22, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Elle peut provoquer des carences nutritionnelles, des troubles électrolytiques et des problèmes cardiaques." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Quels risques sont associés à l'anorexie ?", "position": 23, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "L'anorexie peut entraîner des complications graves comme des troubles cardiaques et des déséquilibres électrolytiques." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Quelles sont les conséquences du surpoids ?", "position": 24, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Le surpoids augmente le risque de maladies cardiovasculaires, d'apnée du sommeil et de diabète." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Comment le surpoids affecte-t-il la santé mentale ?", "position": 25, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Il peut entraîner une faible estime de soi, de l'anxiété et de la dépression chez certaines personnes." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Quels facteurs de risque pour la perte de poids ?", "position": 26, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Les maladies chroniques, les troubles mentaux, et certains médicaments peuvent contribuer à la perte de poids." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Comment l'alimentation influence-t-elle le poids ?", "position": 27, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Une alimentation riche en calories et en graisses peut augmenter le risque d'obésité et de surpoids." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Quel rôle joue la génétique dans le poids corporel ?", "position": 28, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "La génétique peut influencer le métabolisme, l'appétit et la tendance à prendre ou perdre du poids." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Comment le mode de vie affecte-t-il le poids ?", "position": 29, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Un mode de vie sédentaire et des habitudes alimentaires malsaines augmentent le risque de modifications de poids." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Quels facteurs psychologiques influencent le poids ?", "position": 30, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "L'anxiété, la dépression et le stress peuvent affecter les habitudes alimentaires et le poids corporel." } } ] } ] }

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Contraceptive stockouts in Western Kenya: a mixed-methods mystery client study.

The prevalence of modern contraception use is higher in Kenya than in most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The uptake has however slowed down in recent years, which, among other factors, has been att... This study employs a set of methods that includes mystery clients, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and journey mapping workshops. Using this multi-method approach, we aim to quantif... Contraceptives were found to be out of stock in 19% of visits made to health facilities by mystery clients, with all contraceptive methods stocked out in 9% of visits. Women experienced stockouts as a... Contraceptive stockouts are frequent and negatively impact patients, providers, and communities. Based on the findings of this study, the authors identify areas where funding and sustained action have...

A cross-sectional study of women's autonomy and modern contraception use in Zambia.

Modern contraceptive use effectively prevents unwanted pregnancies, promoting maternal and child health and improving the socio-economic well-being of women and their families. Women's autonomy has be... This cross-sectional survey study used data from the health census, the 2018 Zambia Demographic Health Survey. We measured women's autonomy using three indices: women's participation in decision-makin... The mean age of respondents was 32 years. Most women lived in rural areas (65%), and 81% were protestant. Current modern contraception use among partnered women was 8.8%. Women's autonomy was signific... This study argues that increasing women's assertiveness to make independent decisions within the household is cardinal to enhancing the uptake of modern contraception in Zambia and other low-and-middl...

Developing a Youth Contraception Navigator Program: A Human-Centered Design Approach.

To determine key elements of a contraception navigator program that provides a personalized approach to overcoming patient-specific barriers by a trained navigator in central Indiana.... A human-centered design approach was used to engage adolescents and community stakeholders in co-design sessions. Sessions incorporated techniques, such as divergent brainwriting and journey maps, whi... Adolescents aged 15-17 years (N = 35) and community stakeholders (N = 11) participated in co-design sessions. Analysis verified that the process of obtaining contraception for pregnancy prevention cou... Using human-centered design techniques to engage adolescent and community stakeholders can help inform the development of a contraceptive navigator program. A trusted navigator that can address patien...

Assessing the effect of concerns about contraceptive-induced fertility impairment on hormonal contraceptive use by parity and residence: evidence from PMA Ethiopia 2020 cross-sectional survey.

This study aims to describe patterns of beliefs about contraceptive-induced infertility and assess their relationship with current contraceptive use, including whether these relationships vary by pari... We use data from Performance Monitoring for Action Ethiopia, a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey of 7491 women, aged 15-49, to assess agreement with the statement 'If I use family plan... 4 in 10 women disagreed (42.3%) and 2 in 10 strongly disagreed (20.7%) with the statement. Relative to women who strongly disagreed, women who disagreed and women who agreed had significantly lower od... Efforts to address concerns around contraceptive-induced fertility impairment through the provision of comprehensive counselling and through community education or mass media campaigns are necessary, ...

Racial Inequities in Adolescent Contraceptive Care Delivery: A Reproductive Justice Issue.

The objective of this study was to examine racial/ethnic disparities in contraceptive delivery for adolescent patients within an adolescent medicine subspecialty clinical system before and during the ... Retrospective cohort study using electronic health record data SETTING: Three adolescent medicine subspecialty clinics in a large academic hospital system, including an urban location and 2 suburban l... Method and type of contraceptive prescribed (short-acting, medium-acting, long-acting reversible contraception [LARC]) RESULTS: There were 2453 patients in the study; 47.5% were White, 36.0% were Blac... Our data show significantly higher prescribing of LARCs to Black adolescents by clinicians, which could suggest differences in physician contraceptive counseling with a bias toward preferentially coun...

The effect of women's bargaining power within couples on contraceptive use in Cameroon.

The prevalence of contraception among married women, evaluated at 23%, is low in Cameroon. Maternal death rates, estimated at 782 deaths per 100,000 live births, are very worrying. The National Strate... The data used come from the fifth Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) conducted in 2018. Women's bargaining power within couple is measured by a Woman Bargaining Power Composite Index (WBPCI) built th... The results of the descriptive statistics show that women's bargaining power is higher among women who use contraception than for those who do not. The results of the logistic regression model show th... To reduce high maternal death rates in Cameroon, public health policies should not only focus on the health system itself, but should also focus on social policies to empower women in the household....

Factors affecting contraceptive choice in women over 40: a qualitative study.

To explore the views of women over 40 years in choosing and using contraception, and to inform how contraceptive counselling for this age group could be improved.... Fourteen women aged 40-52 years were recruited through social media platforms to take part in online, semistructured, in-depth interviews. Transcripts were analysed using a qualitative thematic approa... (1) Participants were anxious about unplanned pregnancy, and still highly motivated to avoid this. (2) Changes of contraceptive method over the lifecourse were occasionally precipitated by emergent he... Women over 40 years may be highly motivated to avoid pregnancy. This age group may have complex contraceptive histories with emerging perimenopausal symptoms. Women over 40 years may have accumulated ...

Differential associations between experiences of contraceptive care and subsequent contraceptive access and preferences among family planning patients by racial and ethnic identity: Evidence from Arizona, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

While many frameworks exist for building person-centered and equitable systems of contraceptive care, evidence indicates that the reality of patients' experiences of care is often not in alignment wit...

Contraceptive use among women seeking an early induced abortion in Sweden.

In spite of societal efforts to strengthen women's sexual and reproductive health in Sweden, many women have unmet contraceptive needs and the abortion rate remains high. The aim of this study was to ... Swedish-speaking women seeking an induced abortion up to the end of gestational week 12 at seven hospitals filled out an anonymous paper questionnaire between January and June 2021. Data were analyzed... In total, 623 women participated. Median age was 29 years and 13% were born outside the Nordic countries. In the year preceding the abortion, condoms (37%, n = 228) were the most commonly used contrac... The unmet need for contraception appears to be high among abortion-seeking women in Sweden. Many had discontinued contraception use during the last year, and the main reasons for avoidance were belief...