Adult weight measurement: decoding the terminology used in literature
The South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2019 There are various types of names given to describe the adult weight measurement. The most commonly used terms (actual body weight, estimated body weight, ideal body weight and adjusted body weight) have been defined and summarized to assist in their ...
Christen Renée Lahner
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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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Agreement Between Actual and Perceived Body Weight in Adolescents and Their Weight Control Behaviors
Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome, 2017 Background : To investigate the agreements between actual and perceived body weight status among adolescents and to identify the associations of disagreements with their weight control behaviors.
Sun Mi Shin
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Unhealthy weight control behaviours in adolescent girls: a process model based on self-determination theory [PDF]
, 2009 This study used self-determination theory (Deci, E.L., & Ryan, R.M. (2000). The 'what' and 'why' of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior.
Bandalos DL +13 more
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Correlation between body measurements of gazella marica fawns after weaning and estimating body weight from these measurements [PDF]
Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi DergisiThis study aims to find out for the first time the change in body measurements of gazelle fawns from birth to weaning and the estimation of live weight based on body measurements (BW, BL, CC, CD, AC, SH) of a total of 42 fawns, 17 female and 25 male ...
Adil UZTEMUR, Abdülkadir ORMAN
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Is it possible to discriminate the body weight loss? [PDF]
, 2011 Most studies have described how the weight loss is when different treatments are compared (1-3), while others have also compared the weight loss by sex (4), or have taken into account psychosocial (5) and lifestyle (6, 7) variables.
Benito Peinado, Pedro José +2 more
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Weight gain at 3 months of antiretroviral therapy is strongly associated with survival: evidence from two developing countries [PDF]
, 2009 BACKGROUND: In developing countries, access to laboratory tests remains limited, and the use of simple tools such as weight to monitor HIV-infected patients treated with antiretroviral therapy should be evaluated.
Arnaud Fontanet +33 more
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Italian Journal of PediatricsBackground Body weight self-perception refers to the level of agreement between an individual’s perceived and actual weight status. Body weight congruence (BWC) indicates the correct perception of one’s body weight compared with its actual value ...
Silvia Ciardullo +7 more
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Height, weight, weight change and risk of breast cancer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
São Paulo Medical JournalCONTEXT: The relationship between body size and breast cancer still remains controversial in considering menopausal status. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association of height, weight and weight changes with breast cancer in the city of Rio de Janeiro ...
Anelise Bezerra de Vasconcelos +2 more
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Analysis of reproductive performances during the formation of a synthetic rabbit strain
, 2005 [EN] In 1995, a synthetic rabbit strain ('2666') was formed at INRA for commercial meat purposesby crossing the INRA '2066' strain and the 'V' strain from the Polytechnical University of Valencia (Spain).The development of some reproductive traits and ...
Baselga, M., Brun, J.M.
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