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Do Body Mass, Body Mass Index and Body Fat Ratio have an Effect on Proprioception?
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2014 Objectives: Proprioceptive sense plays important role of the protective reflex response against the harmful forces on the joint takes part in protection against the injuries.
Esra Ateş Numanoğlu +2 more
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Predicting waist circumference from body mass index
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2012 Background Being overweight or obese increases risk for cardiometabolic disorders. Although both body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) measure the level of overweight and obesity, WC may be more important because of its closer relationship ...
Bozeman Samuel R +5 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 BackgroundIdentifying at-risk children with optimal specificity and sensitivity to allow for the appropriate intervention strategies to be implemented is crucial to improving the health and well-being of children. We determined relationships of body mass
Jody L. Clasey +9 more
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Neuroretinal rim area and body mass index.
PLoS ONE, 2012 PurposeTo examine associations between neuroretinal rim area, pressure related factors and anthropometric parameters in a population-based setting.MethodsThe population-based cross-sectional Beijing Eye Study 2006 included 3251 subjects with an age of 45+
Liang Xu +3 more
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Body mass index and self-reported body image in German adolescents
Journal of Eating Disorders, 2020 Background Despite knowledge about eating disorder symptoms in children and adolescents in the general population, relatively little is known about self-reported and sex-specific eating-disorder-related psychopathology, as well as its specific correlates.
Lea Sarrar +3 more
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Trends in BMI Percentile and Body Fat Percentage in Children 12 to 17 Years of Age
Children, 2022 This study evaluates the cross-sectional trends in body fat percentage (BF%) and body mass index (BMI) percentile rank, and the relationship between the two in 332 (177 boys, 155 girls) 12- to 17-year-old children.
Pat R. Vehrs +3 more
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Asian Journal of Medical SciencesBackground: Height-independent body composition parameters such as fat free mass index (FFMI) and body fat mass index (BFMI) allow height-independent interpretation of nutrition status and putatively provide a better assessment of body fat.
Fareha Husain +2 more
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Body Mass Index and Employment-Based Health Insurance
BMC Health Services Research, 2008 Background Obese workers incur greater health care costs than normal weight workers. Possibly viewed by employers as an increased financial risk, they may be at a disadvantage in procuring employment that provides health insurance.
Franks Peter, Fong Ronald L
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Body mass index and body chemical components in Pelibuey ewes
Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2020 The present study determined the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and chemical components in Pelibuey ewes. The BMI was determined in 28 ewes. At slaughter, internal organs and blood were weighed, then were mixed and grounded.
Eufracia R. Salazar-Caytun +4 more
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The Lancet, 2014 Summary Background High body-mass index (BMI) predisposes to several site-specific cancers, but a large-scale systematic and detailed characterisation of patterns of risk across all common cancers adjusted for potential confounders has not previously ...
K. Bhaskaran +5 more
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