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The relationship between social network body size and the body size norms of Black and Hispanic adults

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2015
Objective: To examine the relationship between the body size norms of Black and Hispanic adults and the body sizes of their social network members. Methods: Egocentric network data were examined for 245 adults recruited from 2012–2013 in New York City. A
Ginger Winston, Erica Phillips, Elaine Wethington, Martin Wells, Carol M. Devine, Janey Peterson, Brian Wansink, Rosio Ramos, Mary Charlson   +8 more
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Allowed response time and estimated average body size influence visual body size estimates

Acta Psychologica
Studies show that body size estimates exhibit a contraction bias wherein participants with a lower-than-average BMI overestimate their bodies while participants with a higher-than-average BMI underestimate.
Stephen Gadsby, Manja M. Engel
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Body size in ecological networks [PDF]

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2005
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
Woodward, G., Ebenman, B., Emmerson, Mark, Montoya, J.M., Olesen, J.M., Valido, A., Warren, P.H.   +6 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
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The Combined Effect of Obesity and Contraceptive Use on Pulmonary Embolism in Adolescent Females Residing in the United States

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Combined oral contraceptive (COC) use in obese adult women dramatically increases the relative risk of developing a pulmonary embolism (PE). The risk of a PE in obese adolescent females taking contraceptives is currently unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) and contraceptive
John Puetz, Joanne Salas
wiley   +1 more source

Perceived body size across sex and weight categories and its association with body size dissatisfaction: a cross-sectional study among early primary school children in Norway

BMC Public Health
Background Inaccurate perceptions of body size, known as body size misperception (BSM), may be linked to body size dissatisfaction (BSD) and unhealthy eating behaviours.
Tove L. Drilen, Trine T. Eik-Nes, Ellen M. I. Ersfjord, Christian A. Klöckner, Rønnaug A. Ødegård   +4 more
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Mothers of small-bodied children and fathers of vigorous sons live longer

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Life-history traits (traits directly related to survival and reproduction) co-evolve and materialize through physiology and behavior. Accordingly, lifespan can be hypothesized as a potentially informative marker of life-history speed that subsumes the ...
Markus Valge, Richard Meitern, Peeter Hõrak   +2 more
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Are Fertility Preservation Procedures Before Gonadotoxic Therapy and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Feasible and Safe in Very Young Children? A Retrospective Cohort Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Fertility preservation (FP) is increasingly integrated into the care of pediatric patients exposed to gonadotoxic therapy or conditioning for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), yet perioperative data in infants and toddlers remain scarce.
Kerstin Saalabian, Yannick Braun, Till‐Martin Theilen, Anke Barnbrock, Theresa Rohm, Fabienne Hammant, Nicole Sänger, Aynura Abbasova‐Semiz, Jan‐Henning Klusmann, Thomas Klingebiel, Udo Rolle, Peter Bader, Henning C. Fiegel, Andrea Jarisch   +13 more
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Preferred body size in urban Ghanaian women: implication on the overweight/obesity problem

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
INTRODUCTION: in a society where 'plumpness' is traditionally favoured, it is imperative to examine the impact of sociocultural factors on the rising overweight/obesity problem.
Collins Afriyie Appiah, Gloria Ethel Otoo, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu   +2 more
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Bergmann’s rule and Allen’s rule in two passerine birds in China

Avian Research, 2019
Background Animals that live at higher latitudes/elevations would have a larger body size (Bergmann’s rule) and a smaller appendage size (Allen’s rule) for thermoregulatory reasons. According to the heat conservation hypothesis, large body size and small
Liqing Fan, Tianlong Cai, Ying Xiong, Gang Song, Fumin Lei   +4 more
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