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Intergenerational change and familial aggregation of body mass index [PDF]

, 2011
The relationship between parental BMI and that of their adult offspring, when increased adiposity can become a clinical issue, is unknown. We investigated the intergenerational change in body mass index (BMI) distribution, and examined the sex-specific ...
AG Barnett, AJ Stunkard, AM Herskind, BW Silverman, C Hart, C Power, CL Ogden, EM Perez-Pastor, F Bauer, J Wardle, JE Cecil, KM Flegal, L Macdonald, MN Upton, NJ Shelton, NM Abu-Rmeileh, S Leary, SG Davey, T Clemons, VM Hawthorne, Y Wang   +20 more
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Body mass index percentiles versus body composition assessments: Challenges for disease risk classifications in children

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, Jody L. Clasey, Elizabeth A. Easley, Elizabeth A. Easley, Margaret O. Murphy, Stefan G. Kiessling, Arnold Stromberg, Aric Schadler, Hong Huang, John A. Bauer   +9 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, Gilbert W. Fellingham, Angela McAferty, Laurel Kelsey   +3 more
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Body Composition Estimation Based on Multimodal Multi-task Deep Neural Network [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
In addition to body weight and Body Mass Index (BMI), body composition is an essential data point that allows people to understand their overall health and body fitness. However, body composition is largely made up of muscle, fat, bones, and water, which makes estimation not as easy and straightforward as measuring body weight.
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Adolescent body mass index and changes in pre-pregnancy body mass index in relation to risk of gestational diabetes

EClinicalMedicine, 2021
Background: Pregestational excessive body mass index (BMI) is linked to an increased risk for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), but less is known on the effect of adolescent BMI on GDM occurrence.
Gabriel Chodick, Maayan Omer-Gilon, Estela Derazne, Gal Puris, Ran Rotem, Dorit Tzur, Orit Pinhas-Hamiel, Tali Cukierman-Yaffe, Avi Shina, Inbar Zucker, Amir Tirosh, Arnon Afek, Varda Shalev, Gilad Twig   +13 more
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Associations of blood pressure with body composition among Afro-Caribbean children in Barbados [PDF]

, 2015
Despite complex presentation of adult hypertension and a concomitant obesity epidemic, little is known about overweight in relation to blood pressure among Caribbean children. We examined blood pressure in relation to body size in a cross-sectional study
Chami, Peter, Gaskin, David A., Gaskin, Pamela S., Hall, Ryan V., Harding, Seeromanie, Molaodi, Oarabile, St. John, Margaret A.   +6 more
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Analysis of body composition parameters: Associations with gender, age, and adiposity indices in adults

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: 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 , Mohd. Yasir Zubair , Shahnawaz Alam   +2 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, Ya X Wang, Shuang Wang, Jost B Jonas   +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, Marie Vilalta, Nora Schneider, Christoph U. Correll   +3 more
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A comparative study to determine clinical and spirometric profile among patients of asthma in different body mass index groups

Journal of Medical and Scientific Research, 2023
Background: Overweight and obesity is the most common co-morbidity and disease modifier of asthma; it has been associated with increased risk of asthma exacerbations, worse respiratory symptoms and poor asthma control.
Shreenivasa A, Abhinav Chaudhary, Pooja B Wagganavar, Tariq Mahmood, Vishak Acharya K   +4 more
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