Browsing by Author "Olson, Steve"

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    Bariatric Surgery is a viable treatment for obesity and associated co-morbidities
    (2010-11-02) Olson, Steve
    This study was a Meta-Analysis of bariatric procedures that took 2738 studies from their search and narrowed the population to 136 after eliminating studies that either met exclusion criteria or did not meet inclusion criteria. The mean BMI of the patient population was 46. Patients experienced (95% CI) 47%-70% loss of excess weight depending on the type of procedure they had. Also, 70-85% patients also experienced a reduction or complete reversal of Diabetes, Sleep Apnea, Hyperlipidemia, and Hypertension. Mortality of the procedures was less than 1%
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    Thirteen Moons: Forging Connections in an Ojibwe Community Through Culture Ecology and Management
    (2011) Wilsey, David; DeFoe, Reggie; Dupuis, Wayne; Howes, Thomas; Olson, Steve; Peacock, Robert; Crowe, Nikki
    Traditional ecological knowledge and culture represent assets in community-based conservation and development. These assets, however, are often perceived as challenges to conservation and development efforts by external community partners and, perhaps surprisingly, by community actors. The latter realization emerged from the work of a partnership between the Fond du Lac (FDL) Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe) and University of Minnesota Extension. This partnership sought to develop an Extension program to educate Band members about natural resources and improve management of Tribal natural resources by increasing overall understanding of Band members’ interest in these resources.