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Effect of different body measurements on body weight in Ghungroo pigs

The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2012
The present investigation was carried out to study the effect of different body measurement traits on pre-weaning body weight of 264 records of Ghungroo pigs maintained at the Institute Farm of National Research Centre on Pig, Guwahati, Assam by path analysis. The result showed that maximum variability in pre-weaning body weight was explained by height
S Banik, S Naskar, P K Pankaj, N R Sahoo, M K Tamuli, A Das   +5 more
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Anthropometric measures of obesity as risk indicators for prediabetes. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Diabetes Epidemiology and Management
Introduction: Several previous studies have provided evidence that obesity is a significant risk factor for the increase in prediabetes, but there are discrepancies regarding whether all the classic ways of measuring obesity, the body mass index (BMI ...
Víctor Juan Vera-Ponce, Fiorella E. Zuzunaga-Montoya, Luisa Erika Milagros Vásquez-Romero, Joan A. Loayza-Castro, Cori Raquel Iturregui Paucar, Carmen Inés Gutiérrez De Carrillo, Mario J. Valladares-Garrido, Maritza Placencia Medina   +7 more
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Characteristics of smallholders’ goat production systems and effect of Boer crossbreeding on body measurements of goats in Burundi

Pastoralism, 2020
As part of a national action plan to manage animal genetic resources in Burundi, we characterized smallholders’ goat production systems and assessed the effect of Boer crossbreeding on animal body measures.
Josiane Manirakiza, Gilbert Hatungumukama, Badi Besbes, Johann Detilleux   +3 more
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Morphometry and carcass characteristics of goats submitted to grazing in the Caatinga

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2012
The objective of this study was to evaluate morphometric measures, carcass yields, absolute weights and yields of commercial cuts of carcass of kids with no defined breed. Eighteen castrated male goats, with average weight of 15 kg were used.
Sharleny Braz Lobato Bezerra, Antonia Sherlânea Chaves Véras, Dulciene Karla de Andrade Silva, Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira, Kedes Paulo Pereira, Gladston Rafael de Arruda Santos, André Luiz Rodrigues Magalhães, Omer Cavalcanti de Almeida   +7 more
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Composição corporal de pacientes acamados por fraturas do quadril Body composition in bed-ridden adult patients by hip fracture

Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, 2008
As fraturas do quadril são a maior causa de hospitalização da terceira idade, e constituem um considerável encargo econômico e social. A taxa de mortalidade atual após um ano de fratura é acima de 33%, e o risco de morte é maior do quarto ao sexto mês ...
Francisco José Berral, Marcos Moreno, Carlos Javier Berral, Marcos Emilio Kuschnaroff Contreras, Pedro Carpintero   +4 more
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Body weight and composition endpoints in cancer cachexia clinical trials: Systematic Review 4 of the cachexia endpoints series

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Significant variation exists in the outcomes used in cancer cachexia trials, including measures of body composition, which are often selected as primary or secondary endpoints.
Leo R Brown, Mariana S Sousa, Michael S. Yule, Vickie E. Baracos, Donald C. McMillan, Jann Arends, T. Balstad, A. Bye, O. Dajani, Ross D. Dolan, Marie T. Fallon, C. Greil, M. Hjermstad, Gunnhild Jakobsen, M. Maddocks, James McDonald, I. Ottestad, I. Phillips, Judith Sayers, Melanie R Simpson, O. M. Vagnildhaug, T. Solheim, Barry J. Laird, R. Skipworth   +23 more
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Comparison of the performance of common measures of weight regain after bariatric surgery for association with clinical outcomes

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2018
Importance Estimates of weight regain following bariatric surgery vary widely. Objective To describe weight regain after reaching nadir weight following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery and compare weight regain measures for association with ...
W. King, Amanda Hinerman, S. Belle, W. S. Abdus, A. Courcoulas   +4 more
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Avaliação da relação dos metatarsais na biomecânica de 332 pés normais pelo método de mensuração dos seus comprimentos relativos Evaluation of metatarsal relationships in the biomechanics of 332 normal feet using the method of measuring relative lengthst

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2011
OBJETIVO: Identificar o comprimento normal médio dos metatarsais e as fórmulas metatarsais mais comuns, através de um método de mensuração simples, fornecendo substrato ao cirurgião para o planejamento do tratamento dos portadores sintomáticos de ...
Rui Barrôco, Caio Nery, Gabriela Favero, Renan Mombach, Oswaldo Nascimento, Silvia Jorge, Marina Monteiro, Letícia Diedrichs, Felipe Abreu   +8 more
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Correlation of body measurements to body weight in Sirohi kids

Journal of Livestock Science, 2023
G.R. Jat, M. Datt, V. Bhateshwar
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Vegan diet, processed foods, and body weight: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial

Nutrition and Metabolism
Low-fat plant-based diets cause weight loss in clinical trials. However, many foods are highly processed, raising the question as to their effect on body weight.
H. Kahleová, Tatiana Znayenko-Miller, Arathi Jayaraman, Giulianna Motoa, L. Chiavaroli, R. Holubkov, Neal D. Barnard   +6 more
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