Body Mass Index Differences in the Gut Microbiota Are Gender Specific
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Background: The gut microbiota is increasingly recognized as playing an important role in the development of obesity, but the influence of gender remains elusive.
Xuefeng Gao +8 more
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Associations Between Access to Food Stores and Adolescent Body Mass Index [PDF]
, 2007 Summarizes a study of the link between the availability of supermarkets and other types of food stores and adolescents' body mass index and overweight prevalence in a neighborhood.
Deanna Lewis, Lisa M. Powell
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Statistical methods for body mass index: a selective review of the literature [PDF]
arXiv, 2014 Obesity rates have been increasing over recent decades, causing significant concern among policy makers. Excess body fat, commonly measured by body mass index (BMI), is a major risk factor for several common disorders including diabetes and cardiovascular disease, placing a substantial burden on health care systems.
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Wearable slot antenna at 2.45 GHz for off-body radiation: analysis of efficiency, frequency shift and body absorption [PDF]
Bioelectromagnetics 39(1) : 25-34 (2018)The interaction of body worn antennas with the human body causes a significant decrease in the antenna efficiency and a shift in the resonant frequency. A resonant slot in a small conductive box placed on the body has been shown to reduce these effects.
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Modulation of Genetic Associations with Serum Urate Levels by Body-Mass-Index in Humans
PLoS ONE, 2015 We tested for interactions between body mass index (BMI) and common genetic variants affecting serum urate levels, genome-wide, in up to 42569 participants.
J. Huffman +119 more
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Public Opinion About Measuring and Reporting of Student Body Mass Index [PDF]
, 2004 In response to growing public concern about childhood obesity, the 2003 Arkansas General Assembly passed a measure requiring that school officials measure and report to parents each student’s body mass index (BMI) annually (§20-7- 135).
McKenzie, Sarah C., Ritter, Gary W.
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Dysmenorrhea and body mass index [PDF]
, 2014 Dysmenorrhea is a common gynecological complaint among women, one that costs the U.S. economy approximately $2 billion in lost productivity each year.
Richard, Marisa
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The relation of body mass index, demographic and health-related variables to length of stay for patients at an acute rehabilitation hospital after total hip arthroplasty [PDF]
, 2010 Obesity is a growing public health concern world-wide. At the same time, knee and hip replacements are becoming an increasingly regular treatment for osteoarthritis.
Greenberg, K., Kroll, T.
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PLoS ONE, 2016 Background Insulin resistance (IR) and the consequences of compensatory hyperinsulinemia are pathogenic factors for a set of metabolic abnormalities, which contribute to the development of diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases.
Leay-Kiaw Er +6 more
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Associations between anxiety, body mass index, and sex hormones in women [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Several studies have shown a positive association between anxiety and obesity, particularly in women. We aimed to study whether sex hormone alterations related to obesity might play a role in this association.
Bae, Y. +14 more
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