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Light physical activity increased body fat percentage in elderly Javanese [PDF]

Universa Medicina, 2011
The prevalence of obesity in Indonesia is rapidly increasing, particularly in older people. Obesity is characterized by increased percentage of body fat in the form of visceral fat and non-visceral or subcutaneous fat.
Fatmah, Yusran Nasution
doaj  

Prevalence of menstrual irregularities in correlation with body fat among students of selected colleges in a district of Tamil Nadu, India

National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2017
Background: Menstrual irregularities are usually due to imbalance of hormones. Although menstrual irregularities may be normal during the early postmenarchal years, pathological conditions require proper and prompt management.
Sherly Deborah G, Siva Priya D V, Rama Swamy C   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

From energy provision to protein synthesis: Tunnelling nanotubes as mediators of intercellular metabolic cooperation in cancer

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The cytoskeleton‐mediated transport of mitochondria via tunnelling nanotubes restores respiration, increases ATP production, rescues cells from apoptosis, activates the AKT/mTOR signalling pathway, promotes cell migration and invasiveness, contributes to cancer progression and treatment resistance.
Stanislava Martínková, Jan Trnka
wiley   +1 more source

A Study of VO 2 Max and Body Fat Percentage in Female Athletes

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH, 2014
Aerobic capacity of athletes is an important element of success in sports achievements. It is generally considered the best indicator of cardio respiratory endurance and athletic fitness. Body fat percentage affects VO2 max and thus the cardiovascular status of the athletes. The present study was undertaken to assess the VO2 max and body fat percentage
Anjali N. Shete, Smita S. Bute, P.R. Deshmukh   +2 more
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Chronobiology of Cancer: How Aging Fuels Oncogenesis at the Molecular Level

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
This graphical abstract illustrates the key biological pathways linking aging with cancer development and progression. In the upper left, cumulative exposure to ultraviolet radiation, toxins, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) causes DNA damage and genomic instability, whereas age‐related decline in repair mechanisms, such as ATM/ATR, BER, and NER ...
Anu Singh, Aroonima Misra, Sufian Zaheer
wiley   +1 more source

The three-way interplay of motor coordination, body fatness and physical activity in adolescents: a preliminary study

Biomedical Human Kinetics, 2019
Study aim: The purposes of this study were to analyze: the influence of physical activity level on the association between motor coordination and body fatness; the influence of body fatness on the association between motor coordination and physical ...
Chagas Daniel das Virgens, Batista Luiz Alberto   +1 more
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND OBESITY BASED ON BODY FAT PERCENTAGE IN BANJAROYO VILLAGE, KALIBAWANG, KULON PROGO, D.I. YOGYAKARTA

Jurnal Farmasi Sains dan Komunitas, 2018
Obesity, a metabolic disorder characterized by the accumulation of excessive body fat, which is closely associated with metabolic derangement-related disease.
Sesilia Effendy, Maria Felicia Gunawan, Daniel Lintang Adhi Argoputra, YB Abraham, Patricia Dian Anggraeni, Fenty Fenty   +5 more
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Prognostic Value of Neurofilament Light Chain and Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein in ALD‐Related Myelopathy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background X‐linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X‐ALD) is a neurometabolic disorder caused by pathogenic variants in ABCD1, leading to slowly progressive spinal cord disease in nearly all affected men. Sensitive biomarkers to quantify disease severity and predict progression are needed for clinical care and trial design.
Eda G. Kabak, Marije M. C. Voermans, Hans Heijst, Charlotte E. Teunissen, Marc Engelen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defining Elite Zones: A Scoping Review of Body Physique and Body Fat in Elite Athletes

Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
Background: Body physique refers to body size, structure, and composition. PS is used to describe the profile of athletes in different sports. Aims: To determine body physique and body fat percentage in elite athletes using the Hattori chart and to ...
Ximena Martinez-Mireles, Erik Ramírez, José Omar Lagunes-Carrasco, Ricardo López-García, Silvia García, Cristina Bouzas, Rogelio Salas-García, Josep A. Tur   +7 more
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Importance of physical evaluation using skeletal muscle mass index and body fat percentage to prevent sarcopenia in elderly Japanese diabetes patients

Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 2019
Aims/Introduction To investigate the prevalence of sarcopenia, its related factors and indicators of physical evaluation in elderly diabetes patients. Materials and Methods This was a cross‐sectional observation study.
Yuki Fukuoka, Takuma Narita, Hiroki Fujita, Tsukasa Morii, Takehiro Sato, Mariko Harada Sassa, Yuichiro Yamada   +6 more
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