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Body weight and beauty: the changing face of the ideal female body weight

Obesity Reviews, 2010
SummaryBy observing the art of different eras, as well as the more recent existence of the media, it is obvious that there have been dramatic changes in what is considered a beautiful body. The ideal of female beauty has shifted from a symbol of fertility to one of mathematically calculated proportions.
Paolo Pozzilli, Paolo Pozzilli, B. A. Bonafini   +2 more
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Body Weight, Body Weight Perception, and Bullying Among Adolescents in Malaysia

Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2019
Body weight is a factor, with body weight perception a mediator, toward being a victim of bullying. This study aimed to explore the association between body weight, body weight perception, and bullying among students 13 to 17 years of age in Malaysia. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire.
Shubash Shander Ganapathy, LeeAnn Tan, Rajini Sooryanarayana, Mohd Hazrin Hashim, Thamil Arasu Saminathan, Fazila Haryati Ahmad, Ruhaya Salleh, Nur Shahida Abdul Aziz   +7 more
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Consumption of sugars and body weight

Obesity Reviews, 2009
SummaryThe role of dietary sugars in the current obesity epidemic is much debated and opposing views can be found in the lay as well as scientific literature. Here we have reviewed the recent scientific literature on consumption of sugars and body weight.
Baak, M. A. van, Astrup, Arne
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Body image and body weight in obese patients

International Journal of Eating Disorders, 1998
To evaluate the influence of body weight on body image.The study was carried out in severely obese patients and in postobese subjects, having attained and maintaining a normal or nearly normal weight following biliopancreatic diversion; body image was assessed by self-report questionnaires.The obese patients' scores were different from those of ...
ADAMI, GIOVANNI, GANDOLFO P, CAMPOSTANO A, MENEGHELLI, ANNA, RAVERA, GIAMBATTISTA, SCOPINARO N.   +5 more
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Body weight, body fat, and ovulation

Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1991
Women with moderate weight loss (10%-15% of ideal weight) have secondary or primary amenorrhea. Athletic women also may have amenorrhea, or anovulatory cycles, though body weight may be in the normal range, since muscles are heavy (80% water compared with 5%-10% water in adipose tissue).
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Body Weight of Italians: The Weight of Education

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
In this paper we empirically study the relationship between education attainment and Body Mass Index (BMI), using as theoretical reference an energy balance model. Our data consist of individual level data from eight waves of the Italian survey on life-styles.
Vincenzo Atella, Joanna Kopinska
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Leptin and the regulation of body weight in mammals

Nature, 1998
J. Friedman, J. Halaas
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Adrenal Weight--Body Weight [PDF]

Science, 1953
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Effects of the obese gene product on body weight regulation in ob/ob mice.

Science, 1995
M. Pelleymounter, M. J. Cullen, M. B. Baker, R. Hecht, D. Winters, Thomas C. Boone, F. H. Collins   +6 more
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Smoking and Body Weight

Science Signaling, 2011
Nicotine decreases weight gain by targeting a brain pathway involved in the regulation of energy balance and food intake.
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