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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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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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Does Falling Smoking Lead to Rising Obesity? [PDF]
, 2006 The strong negative correlation over time between smoking rates and obesity have led some to suggest that reduced smoking is increasing weight gain in the U.S.. This conclusion is supported by the findings of Chou et al.
Frakes, Michael D., Gruber, Jonathan
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“Do I look fat?” Self-perceived body weight and labor market outcomes [PDF]
, 2018 Research reporting that greater body weight is associated with lower wages and employment, particularly among women, focuses on how employers perceive workers. In contrast, we examine whether workers’ own perceptions of body weight influence labor market
Smith, Patricia K., Zagorsky, Jay L.
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Disruption of type 3 adenylyl cyclase expression in the hypothalamus leads to obesity [PDF]
, 2016 Evidence from human studies and transgenic mice lacking the type 3 adenylyl cyclase (AC3) indicates that AC3 plays a role in the regulation of body weight. It is unknown in which brain region AC3 exerts such an effect.
Cao, Hong +3 more
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Mutiara Medika, 2014 This research aims to retrospectively review forensic autopsy cases of a Indonesian people to see the description of liver weight, kidney weigt, body weight and length.
Wikan Basworo, Idha Arfianti Wira Agni
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The correlation between body weight, body weight gain and blood parameters in pigs at birth and weaning [PDF]
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2023 The aim of study was to determine the relationship between metabolic parameters, body weight and body growth of piglets at birth and weaning. The experiment included 80 piglets obtained from F1 generation sows.
M. Mirkov +4 more
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Estimation of genetic variation in residual variance in female and male broiler chickens [PDF]
, 2008 In breeding programs, robustness of animals and uniformity of end product can be improved by exploiting genetic variation in residual variance. Residual variance can be defined as environmental variance after accounting for all identifiable effects.
A. Vereijken +29 more
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Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture, 2014 The aim of the research was to evaluate the genetic improving of production traits selected of Balicattle. Four hundred and twenty eight data of weaning weight, yearling weight and body weight gainwere used to estimate genetic improvement for those ...
A. Supriyantono +3 more
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Albumin concentrations are primarily determined by the body cell mass and the systemic inflammatory response in cancer patients with weight loss [PDF]
, 2001 The association between hypoalbuminemia and poor prognosis in patients with cancer is well recognized. However, the factors that contribute to the fall in albumin concentrations are not well understood.
Colin S. McArdle +14 more
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