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Evaluating the Effects of Acarbose on Anthropometry Indexes and Metabolic Markers in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome in Comparison to Placebo, in Isfahan City, Iran

open access: yesمجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2018
Background: Metabolic syndrome (MTS) is a group of metabolic abnormalities that occur simultaneously. Acarbose is an anti-diabetes medication that studies showed its effects on improving lipid profile, blood sugar, insulin resistance, and weight loss ...
Noushin Khalili, Ali Sheikh-Aboomasoudi
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Relationships between body weight and body measurements of reindeer

open access: yesRangifer, 1986
Genus Rangifer populates the northernmost habitat of the Cervidae and shows alterations in body weight, skeletal growth rate and nutritional state with the marked seasonal changes in its environmental conditions. Body weight and measurements have long been the standard criteria for evaluation of growth in domestic animals.
Nieminen, Mauri, Leppäluoto, Juhani
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The influence of feeding behaviour on growth performance, carcass and meat characteristics of growing pigs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This study investigated the effect of the feeding behaviour on growth performance, and car- cass and meat characteristics of 96 barrows fed ad libitum or restrictively with high or low amino acids (AA) diets according to a 2 7 2 factorial design.
Bona, Mirco Dalla   +5 more
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The association between household socioeconomic status, breastfeeding, and infants' anthropometric indices

open access: yesInternational Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2018
Background: The growth, learning, and contribution to active life in the communities are better in well-nourished children, and various factors influence infants' feeding.
Marjan Ajami   +4 more
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Prevalence of high body mass index in US children and adolescents, 2007-2008.

open access: yesJournal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2010
CONTEXT The prevalence of high body mass index (BMI) among children and adolescents in the United States appeared to plateau between 1999 and 2006. OBJECTIVES To provide the most recent estimates of high BMI among children and adolescents and high ...
Cynthia L Ogden   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Resize Me! Exploring the user experience of embodied realistic modulatable avatars for body image intervention in virtual reality [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Virtual Reality, 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 ...
Nina Döllinger   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Relation between Blood Pressure and Anthropometric Indices among Iranian Adults

open access: yesمجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2019
Background: One of the most important factors in hypertension is overweight and obesity, which there are several methods in order to measure them. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the relation between hypertension and anthropometric indexes among ...
Mehrbod Vakhshoori   +7 more
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Getting to know the types of JPEG and RAW photo files used in research [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2018
INTRODUCTION: Indirect anthropometric measurements are important in research but may also be significant in the legal area as a quantitative instrument for pre- and post-operative evaluation.
Paulo Rogério Quieregatto do Espirito Santo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Laser-Based 3D Body Scanning Reveals a Higher Prevalence of Abdominal Obesity than Tape Measurements: Results from a Population-Based Sample

open access: yesDiagnostics, 2023
Background: The global obesity epidemic is a major public health concern, and accurate diagnosis is essential for identifying at-risk individuals. Three-dimensional (3D) body scanning technology offers several advantages over the standard practice of ...
Robert P. Kosilek   +6 more
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Body Measurements and Body Weights of Special-Fed Holstein Veal Calves

open access: yesJournal of Dairy Science, 1997
Changes in various body dimensions of special fed veal calves were measured and correlated with body weight (BW) at three specific times during the growth period as contemporaries and over the entire feeding period as noncontemporaries. The calves (n = 826) were weighed and measured for body length, heart girth, wither height, and hip width at 2, 8 ...
L L, Wilson, C L, Egan, T L, Terosky
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