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Global patterns in excess body weight and the associated cancer burden
Ca, 2018 The prevalence of excess body weight and the associated cancer burden have been rising over the past several decades globally. Between 1975 and 2016, the prevalence of excess body weight in adults—defined as a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m2—increased ...
H. Sung +11 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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Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2020 Perception of body weight has been recognized as an important barrier in the adoption of healthy lifestyles. Several factors affect perception of body weight, but the outcomes have been varied.
Wan Nurhafizah Wan Abdul Hamed +1 more
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Resize Me! Exploring the User Experience of Embodied Realistic Modulatable Avatars for Body Image Intervention in Virtual Reality [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Obesity is a serious disease that can affect both physical and psychological well-being. Due to weight stigmatization, many affected individuals suffer from body image disturbances whereby they perceive their body in a distorted way, evaluate it negatively, or neglect it. Beyond established interventions such as mirror exposure, recent advancements aim
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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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Weight, height, weight change, and risk of incident atrial fibrillation in middle‐aged men and women
Journal of Arrhythmia, 2020 Background Anthropometric factors are reported to be risk factors for atrial fibrillation (AF), but it is unclear whether weight change in mid‐life is associated with AF.
Cecilia Johansson +3 more
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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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Body Weight Considerations in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Advances in Therapy, 2018 Obesity is one of the main risk factors for type 2 diabetes (T2D), representing a major worldwide health crisis. Modest weight-loss (≥ 5% but
C. Apovian, Jennifer Okemah, P. O'Neil
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Aggressive Behavior, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 5-14, January 2023., 2023 Abstract This study uses longitudinal data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study (N = 13,277) to examine the childhood and early adolescence factors that predict weapon involvement in middle adolescence, which in this study is exemplified by having carried or used a weapon.
Aase Villadsen, Emla Fitzsimons
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Treadmill training and body weight support for walking after stroke.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017 BACKGROUND Treadmill training, with or without body weight support using a harness, is used in rehabilitation and might help to improve walking after stroke. This is an update of the Cochrane review first published in 2003 and updated in 2005 and 2014.
J. Mehrholz, Simone Thomas, B. Elsner
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