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Body Weight Changes of Laboratory Animals during Transportation [PDF]
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2012 The majority of laboratory animals were transported from commercial breeders to a research facility by ground transportation. During the transportation, many biological functions and systems can be affected by stress.
Sunghak Lee +8 more
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Body weight and weight change and their health implications for the elderly [PDF]
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2000 After the age of 60 y, body weight on average tends to decrease. The contribution of fat mass to this weight loss is relatively small, but fat tends to be redistributed with advancing age toward more abdominal (particularly visceral) fat. Anthropometric data are relatively poor indicators of these aging processes.
Seidell, JC, Visscher, TLS
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BIRTH WEIGHT, WEIGHT GAIN, AND OBESITY AMONG CHILDREN IN URUGUAY: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY SINCE BIRTH
Revista Paulista de Pediatria, 2020 Objective: To examine the effect of birth weight and subsequent weight gain on children being overweight and obese in serial assessments of Uruguayan children living at urban areas.
Isabel Pereyra +3 more
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Modeling of daily body weights and body weight changes of Nordic Red cows [PDF]
Journal of Dairy Science, 2015 Increased availability of automated weighing systems have made it possible to record massive amounts of body weight (BW) data in a short time. If the BW measurement is unbiased, the changes in BW reflect the energy status of the cow and can be used for management or breeding purposes.
Mäntysaari, P., Mäntysaari, E. A.
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Longitudinal changes in desired body weight compared to changes in body weight: evidence of adaptation to weight gain? [PDF]
BMC Obesity, 2016 Overweight individuals desire a lower weight than they actually have. Little is known on the extent to which this discrepancy is reduced over time due to adaptation or resignation. The aim of this study is to describe cross-sectional relationships and longitudinal changes in desired body weight and differences between actual and desired body weight ...
Aars, Nils Abel, Jacobsen, Bjarne K.
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Post-partum weight retention in Northeastern Brazilian women: a prospective NISAMI cohort study [PDF]
São Paulo Medical JournalBACKGROUND: Weight retention during the post-partum period is associated with excessive weight gain. OBJECTIVES: To investigate factors associated with maternal weight retention at six months post-partum (PPWR). DESIGN AND SETTING: A prospective cohort
Sheila Monteiro Brito +4 more
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The Dynamics of Human Body Weight Change
PLoS Computational Biology, 2008 An imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure will lead to a change in body weight (mass) and body composition (fat and lean masses). A quantitative understanding of the processes involved, which currently remains lacking, will be useful in determining the etiology and treatment of obesity and other conditions resulting from prolonged ...
Carson C. Chow, Kevin D. Hall
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Effect of body weight changes on hypertension in Indonesian adults (A 14-year follow up)
Makara Journal of Health Research, 2019 Background: Obesity is one of the major risk factors of hypertension. There is no large cohort study designed to investigate the quantitative association between body weight changes and the risk of hypertension in Indonesia. The aim of this study was to
Yeni Mahwati
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Changes in leisure time physical activity unrelated to subsequent body weight changes, but body weight changes predicted future activity [PDF]
Journal of Sports Sciences, 2021 Physical activity and obesity are known to be associated. We investigated whether a change in leisure time physical activities (LTPA) predicts a subsequent weight change, or vice versa.We used data from a longitudinal study among Danish adults surveyed in 1983-1984, 1987-1988, and 1993-1994.
Jindong Ding Petersen +3 more
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Weight Gain and its Correlates among Breast Cancer Survivors
Asian Nursing Research, 2013 Purpose: Weight gain after diagnosis of breast cancer is a profound issue that may negatively impact cancer prognosis. However, most existing research on weight change has been conducted in Western countries.
Soo Hyun Kim, RN, PhD, OCN +2 more
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