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Samira Lekhal er spesialist i indremedisin med ph.d. i forebygging av overvekt og livsstilssykdommer og tidligere seksjonsoverlege ved Senter for sykelig overvekt i Helse Sør-Øst. Hun er grunnlegger av GreeNudge og initiativtaker og leder i Re-start.no.
Articles by Samira Lekhal
Talk to me about your diet!
- Samira Lekhal
18.03.2024:
Patients as well as general practitioners know that a healthy diet and normal weight are important for health. But do they talk about it? According to the Global Burden of Disease Study, the main cause of disease and premature death is an unhealthy diet and the development of obesity (1). Although...
Laparoscopic gastric bypass versus lifestyle intervention for adolescents with morbid obesity
- Jøran Hjelmesæth,
- Jens Kristoffer Hertel,
- Ane Hjetland Holt,
- Beate Benestad,
- Lars Thomas Seeberg,
- Morten Lindberg,
- Erling Halvorsen,
- Pétur Benedikt Júlíusson,
- Rune Sandbu,
- Samira Lekhal
09.11.2020:
Morbid obesity in adolescents is associated with an increased risk of comorbidities, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, mental illness, and morbid obesity in adulthood, as well as reduced life expectancy (1, 2). Effective treatment can therefore...
Lifestyle intervention for children and adolescents with severe obesity – results after one year
- Vilde Aabel Skodvin,
- Samira Lekhal,
- Kristin Garpestad Kommedal,
- Beate Benestad,
- Hanna Flækøy Skjåkødegård,
- Yngvild Sørebø Danielsen,
- Sara-Rebekka Færø Linde,
- Mathieu Roelants,
- Jens Kristoffer Hertel,
- Jøran Hjelmesæth,
- Pétur Benedikt Júlíusson
11.06.2020:
Obesity in children and adolescents is a major health challenge. Psychosocial complications are common in children with severe obesity, and cardiometabolic and orthopaedic complications may also occur (1). Moreover, childhood obesity is strongly associated with adult obesity, thus also with an...