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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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International Journal of Clinical Practice, 2015 To the Editor: In 2010, we reported our findings of body mass index (BMI), waist measurement and waist–hip ratio in subjects examined by the first author for Life Assurance Medical Examinations for the year 1989–2008, plus the data given by the ...
C. Pengelly, J. Morris
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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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Religion and body weight [PDF]
International Journal of Obesity, 2003 Relationships between religion and body weight were examined in a US national sample.Data from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS), collected through telephone and postal questionnaires, were analyzed for 3032 adults aged 25-74.Religious denomination was significantly related to higher body weight in men after ...
Elaine Wethington +2 more
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Evaluating lifelong weight trajectories is challenging due to the high costs of studies that follow individuals from childhood to adulthood. The use of silhouette scales has been a new approach to assess the body shape trajectory across life ...
Isiyara Taverna Pimenta +5 more
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Experiences With Weight Loss Triggers in Women Prescribed to Lose Weight by Their Physician [PDF]
Women’s Health Bulletin, 2015 Background: With the global rise of individuals classified as overweight and obese, weight-related screenings have been promoted to combat their high prevalence and associated health problems.
Mark D. Faries +3 more
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Health Risks, Past Usage, and Intention to Use Weight Loss Products in Normal Weight Women with High and Low Body Dysphoria [PDF]
, 2003 Objective: There are many health risks involved with the use of weight loss products by normal weight women. The mass media may compound this problem through the promotion of weight loss products and a thin body size.
Andrews, J. Craig +3 more
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A New Body Weight Lifelog Outliers Generation Method: Reflecting Characteristics of Body Weight Data
Applied Sciences, 2022 Lifelogs are generated in our daily lives and contain useful information for health monitoring. Nowadays, one can easily obtain various lifelogs from a wearable device such as a smartwatch. These lifelogs could include noise and outliers. In general, the
Jiyong Kim, Minseo Park
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Metformin and body weight [PDF]
International Journal of Obesity, 2007 Most patients with type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese, overweight or obesity increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and obesity per se is strongly associated with multiple cardiometabolic risk factors. However, many antidiabetic treatments increase body weight.
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Impaired nutrient signaling and body weight control in a Na⁺ neutral amino acid cotransporter (Slc6a19)-deficient mouse [PDF]
, 2015 Amino acid uptake in the intestine and kidney is mediated by a variety of amino acid transporters. To understand the role of epithelial neutral amino acid uptake in whole body homeostasis, we analyzed mice lacking the apical broad-spectrum neutral (0 ...
Bailey, Charles G. +8 more
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