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Body Weight and Body Image [PDF]
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
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]
There 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]
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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Social body weight norms: a population-based profile in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States [PDF]
Background Which body weight is considered ideal and socially accepted in modern societies? A widely held belief is that social body weight norms are strict and thin in Western societies.
Liliya Leopold
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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
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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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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On the monotonicity of weighted perimeters of convex bodies [PDF]
We prove that, among weighted isotropic perimeters, only constant multiples of the Euclidean perimeter satisfy the monotonicity property on nested convex bodies. Although the analogous result fails for general weighted anisotropic perimeters, a similar characterization holds for radially-weighted anisotropic densities.
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Body Uneasiness, Body Figure Perception, and Body Weight: Factor Structure and Longitudinal Measurement Invariance of a Set of Attitudinal and Perceptual Body Image Assessment Tools in Adolescents [PDF]
: Body image is a multifaceted construct that includes attitudinal and perceptual components, but its attention has mainly been focused on the facet of body dissatisfaction.
De Caro, Elide Francesca+2 more
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