Three-compartment body composition changes in elite rugby league players during a super league season, measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. [PDF]
, 2011 This study investigated the acute changes in body composition that occur over the course of a competitive season in elite rugby league players. Twenty elite senior players from an English Super League rugby league team underwent a total-body dual-energy ...
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Fueling Incubation: Differential Use of Body Stores in Arctic and Temperate-breeding Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) [PDF]
, 2010 We compared the use of body stores in breeding Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) in traditional Arctic colonies in the Barents Sea with that in recently established temperate-zone breeding colonies in the Baltic Sea and North Sea by studying female body ...
Drent, R.H. +3 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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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.
Goris, A.H., Westerterp, K.R.
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Genetics of fat storage in flies and worms: what went wrong? [PDF]
, 2011 Body weight and fat storage are strongly influenced by an individual’s genetic makeup. In humans, genetic polymorphisms have been identified that have effects on body mass index (BMI) and fat content (Meyre et al., 2009; Speliotes et al., 2010; Choquet ...
Al-Anzi, Bader, Zinn, Kai
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Metabolic effects of diets differing in glycaemic index depend on age and endogenous GIP [PDF]
, 2009 Aims/hypothesis High- vs low-glycaemic index (GI) diets unfavourably affect body fat mass and metabolic markers in rodents. Different effects of these diets could be age-dependent, as well as mediated, in part, by carbohydrate-induced stimulation of ...
A. Abdelrahman +45 more
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Sex-Mediated Differences Among University Students Performing Extreme Physical Activity During The 3-Minute Burpee Test [PDF]
, 2019 Introduction. The aim of this study was to evaluate sex differences in anthropometric indicators, body composition, physical fitness, and physiological parameters in young women and men performing extremely strenuous exercise during the 3-Minute Burpee ...
Clark, Cain +5 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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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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