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Body Weight and Body Image [PDF]
BMC Women's Health, 2004 Health Issue Body weight is of physical and psychological importance to Canadian women; it is associated with health status, physical activity, body image, and self-esteem.
McFarlane Traci, Olmsted Marion P
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Body weight perception and body weight control behaviors in adolescents
Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), 2018 Objective: To investigate the association between the perception of body weight (as above or below the desired) and behaviors for body weight control in adolescents.
Robson Frank +4 more
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Sexual dimorphism for juvenile body weight in chickens divergently selected for 8-week body weight [PDF]
Frontiers in PhysiologyThere is a dearth of literature on the genetics of sexual dimorphism for juvenile body weight in meat-type chickens given its biological and economic relevance. Herein, we report the sexual dimorphism for 4- and 8-week body weights in White Plymouth Rock
Paul B. Siegel, Christa F. Honaker
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Endocannabinoids in Body Weight Control [PDF]
Pharmaceuticals, 2018 Maintenance of body weight is fundamental to maintain one’s health and to promote longevity. Nevertheless, it appears that the global obesity epidemic is still constantly increasing. Endocannabinoids (eCBs) are lipid messengers that are involved in
Henrike Horn +3 more
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Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2021 Importance Weight loss improves cardiometabolic risk factors in people with overweight or obesity. Intensive lifestyle intervention and pharmacotherapy are the most effective noninvasive weight loss approaches.
T. Wadden +12 more
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Mechanisms and predictors of menses resumption once normal weight is reached in anorexia nervosa
Journal of Eating Disorders, 2023 Background In cases of Anorexia Nervosa (AN), achieving weight gain recovery beyond the lower limits set by the World Health Organization and normalizing classical nutritional markers appears to be essential for most patients. However, this is not always
Bogdan Galusca +8 more
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Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Peternakan, 2021 This study aims to determine the determinants of size and shape of Simbal and Brahman Cross cattle in the West Pamenang sub-district, Merangin district. The method of this study was a survey with a purposive sampling technique. Sampling criteria included:
Fitra Diansah +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 This research aimed (1) to examine the agreement between body mass index (BMI)-based nutritional status and perceived nutritional status overall and by socio-demographic factors and (2) to state the association between the accuracy of weight perception ...
Gabriela Nazar +10 more
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Semaglutide lowers body weight in rodents via distributed neural pathways.
JCI Insight, 2020 Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) analog, induces weight loss, lowers glucose levels, and reduces cardiovascular risk in patients with diabetes. Mechanistic preclinical studies suggest weight loss is mediated through GLP-1 receptors (GLP-1Rs)
S. Gabery +24 more
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Microbiota and body weight control: Weight watchers within?
Molecular Metabolism, 2022 Background: Despite several decades of research, managing body weight remains an unsolved clinical problem. Health problems associated with dysregulated body weight, such as obesity and cachexia, exhibit several gut microbiota alterations.
Serena Boscaini +7 more
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