Effects of Title IX and Sports Participation on Girls' Physical Ability and Weight [PDF]
, 2007 Summarizes findings from "Effects of Title IX and Sports Participation on Girls' Physical Ability and Weight," a study of how legislation to increase girls' participation in sports affected physical activity levels, body mass index, and body ...
Deanna Lewis, Robert Kaestner, Xin Xu
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Associations of Maternal Diabetes and Body Mass Index With Offspring Birth Weight and Prematurity
JAMA pediatrics, 2019 Importance Maternal obesity, pregestational type 1 diabetes, and gestational diabetes have been reported to increase the risks for large birth weight and preterm birth in offspring.
Linghua Kong +3 more
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Tryptophan metabolite atlas uncovers organ, age, and sex‐specific variations
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Tryptophan metabolites were analyzed across twelve organs, the central nervous system, and serum in male and female mice at three life stages. We found tissue‐, sex‐, and age‐specific differences, including increased indole‐3‐pyruvate and kynurenine in aging males.
Lizbeth Perez‐Castro +8 more
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Income and body mass index in Europe [PDF]
The problem of obesity is alarming public health authorities around the world. Therefore, it is important to study its determinants. In this paper we explore the empirical relationship between household income and body mass index (BMI) in nine European ...
Climent Quintana-Domeque +1 more
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Risk of Sleep Apnea Is Associated with Abdominal Obesity Among Asian Americans: Comparing Waist-to-Hip Ratio and Body Mass Index [PDF]
, 2023 Sunmin Lee +4 more
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Production of antibacterial compounds by a Steely hybrid polyketide synthase in Dictyostelium
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.By selecting appropriate production species under optimised culture conditions, new chlorinated dibenzofuran compounds, which previously could not be analysed in sufficient quantities, were identified from cellular slime mould fruiting bodies. The strong antibacterial activity exhibited by these compounds suggests a link to the ecological function of ...
Tomoaki R. Yamashita +3 more
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Instilling Diet and Exercise Confidence: Influence of Nurse Body Size [PDF]
, 2014 This paper reports a research study focused on perspective of nurse body size and how it affects confidence in a nurses’ ability to provide education on diet and exercise.
Spaulding, Erin Murdock
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Body mass index and health care utilization in diabetic and nondiabetic individuals. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundAlthough controversial, most studies examining the relationship of body mass index (BMI) with mortality in diabetes suggest a paradox: the lowest risk category is above normal weight, versus normal weight in nondiabetic persons.
Bertakis, Klea D +2 more
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Homologous expression and purification of human HAX‐1 for structural studies
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.This research protocol provides detailed instructions for cloning, expressing, and purifying large quantities of the intrinsically disordered human HAX‐1 protein, N‐terminally fused to a cleavable superfolder GFP, from mammalian cells. HAX‐1 is predicted to undergo posttranslational modifications and to interact with membranes, various cellular ...
Mariana Grieben
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Time Discounting and the Body Mass Index [PDF]
In many Western countries, the relative weight of people – measured by the Body Mass Index (BMI) – has increased substantially in recent years, leading to an increasing incidence of overweight and related health problems.
Borghans,Lex, Golsteyn,Bart H.H.
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