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Dehydroepiandrosterone and Body Fat [PDF]
Obesity Research, 1995 AbstractDehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA‐S) is the most abundant circulating adrenal steroid in man, yet its physiologic role and that of its parent compound DHEA are unknown. Age‐related decreases in DHEA in association with increases in obesity, insulin resistance, and atherosclerosis are well known.
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Annals of Human Biology, 2021 Background Body composition and types are often considered essential health indicators for lifestyle-related disease. Assessment of body type based on tridosha is regarded as a prerequisite in Ayurveda.
Henry Konjengbam +2 more
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Physical activity, fat intake and body fat [PDF]
Physiology & Behavior, 2008 The body fatness of a subject is a long-term reflection of the energy balance, the more intake exceeds expenditure the more energy is stored as fat. There is not yet a clear answer on the question whether the current obesity epidemic is a consequence of gluttony or sloth.
Klaas R. Westerterp +1 more
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Dietary fat oxidation as a function of body fat [PDF]
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2008 It is hypothesized that low dietary fat oxidation makes subjects prone to weight gain.The aim of the study was to determine dietary fat oxidation in normal, overweight, and obese subjects.The subjects were 38 women and 18 men with a mean (+/-SD) age of 30+/-12 y and a body mass index (in kg/m2) of 25+/-4 (range: 18-39).
Astrid J. Smeets +4 more
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Correlation between Body Mass Index and Body Fat Percentage
Althea Medical Journal, 2015 Background: Body mass index (BMI) has been used to determine the nutritional status which is classified into low, normal, overweight or obese. The BMI only shows a comparison of height and weight instead of body composition which consists of fat mass and
Muhammad Ilman +2 more
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Sex Differences in Measures of Body Fat and Body Fat Distribution in the Elderly [PDF]
American Journal of Epidemiology, 1996 This study describes sex differences in obesity and body fat distribution using commonly used assessment methods in 140 men and 245 women age 65-96 years from Rancho Bernardo, California. Significant correlations were shown among all obesity measures. The waist/hip ratio was more strongly correlated with the truncal fat/leg fat ratio in women than in ...
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor +1 more
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Development and validation of body fat prediction models in American adults
Obesity Science & Practice, 2020 Summary Introduction Commonly used statistical models to predict body fat percentage currently rely on skinfold measures, anthropometric measures, or some combination of the two but do not account for the wide ranges of age and body mass index (BMI ...
Zachary Merrill +2 more
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Physical Education of Students, 2017 Purpose: Our aim attempted to esteem the impact of abdominal fat on body fat distribution or composition related to total body fat as recommended weight loss among High School Students. Material: For the proposed, 100 male students from the Algerian high
Mohammed Zerf +2 more
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Aesthetic preferences for male breast: Analysis of 2282 surveys on the Chinese population
JPRAS OpenBackground: As the prevalence of male breast surgery rises in China, there is a growing need to further investigate the aesthetic standards associated with male breasts among Chinese population. Method: An interactive online survey featuring computerized
Saisai Cao, Boyang Wang, Xiangyu Liu
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Universa Medicina, 2021 BACKGROUND High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) has been widely accepted as a predictor of future cardiovascular risk that reflects a microinflammatory state.
Winda Mulyamin +6 more
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