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Lecithin Alleviates Memory Deficits and Muscle Attenuation in Chinese Older Adults and SAMP8 Mice

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study opens a new avenue for safeguarding cognition and muscle health, averting disability in older age, and treating age‐related pathologies through lecithin supplementation. It serves as a promising nonpharmacological intervention for the crosstalk of muscle and cognition.
Xianyun Wang   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accuracy and reliability of a low-cost, handheld 3D imaging system for child anthropometry

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
The usefulness of anthropometry to define childhood malnutrition is undermined by poor measurement quality, which led to calls for new measurement approaches.
Joel Conkle   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Role of Diabetes Co-Morbidity for Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort Study from Mwanza, Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Due to the association between diabetes and pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), diabetes may threaten the control of TB. In a prospective cohort study nested in a nutrition trial, we investigated the role of diabetes on changes in anthropometry, grip strength ...
Aabye, Martine Grosos   +12 more
core   +2 more sources

Increasing sedentary time, minimum dietary energy requirements, and food security assessment

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract We compute corrections for sedentary behavior in physical activity levels (PALs) and incorporate them along with corrections for over estimation of basal metabolic rates (BMRs) into threshold caloric intakes, known as minimum dietary energy requirements (MDERs).
Jacob Michels   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

P-52 MALNUTRITION IN COMPENSATED AND DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS

open access: yesAnnals of Hepatology, 2023
Introduction and Objectives: Malnutrition (MN) is a common entity in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) and has a negative impact on mortality. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of MN through subjective global assessment (SGA) and anthropometry
Andrea Curia   +5 more
doaj  

Non-linear Associations Between Visceral Adipose Tissue Distribution and Anthropometry-Based Estimates of Visceral Adiposity

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition, 2022
BackgroundRecent evidence suggests that excess visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is associated with future loss of subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and skeletal muscle (SM) with aging.
Aldo Scafoglieri   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Breast region measurements: direct or indirect anthropometry? [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2020
Introduction: Accurate female breast measurements are difficult due to the topography, volume, and projections present there. Therefore, this study aimed to compare breast region measurements obtained by direct (tape measurement) and indirect (computer ...
Paulo Rogério Quieregatto do Espirito Santo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of regional fat measurements by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and conventional anthropometry and their association with markers of diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk

open access: yesInternational Journal of Obesity, 2017
Background/Objectives:Fat distribution is a strong and independent predictor of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and is usually determined using conventional anthropometry in epidemiological studies. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
S. Vasan   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Future of Anthropometry [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1903
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openaire   +2 more sources

Feeding practices and growth among young children during two seasons in rural Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
BACKGROUND: The use of indices of infant and young child feeding practices to predict growth has generated inconsistent results, possibly through age and seasonal confounding.
Bouckaert, Kimberley   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

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