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Using body measurements to estimate body weight in gilts

Canadian Journal of Animal Science, 2018
The absence of a scale on pig farms has led to indirect body weight (BW) estimation using regression models based on body measurements. The objectives of the present study were to (1) develop prediction equations for weight estimation in gilts using body measurements (FF: flank-to-flank distance; L: length; HG: heart girth; BF2: ultrasound backfat ...
Mohammad Sheik Al Ard Khanji, César Llorente, María Victoria Falceto, Cristina Bonastre, Olga Mitjana, María Teresa Tejedor   +5 more
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Assessment and adjustment of body weight measures in scanner data

2023
USDA, Economic Research Service compares use of self-reported height and weight data available in scanner data with measured height and weight data to calculate body mass index (BMI) of household members and identifies methods for adjusting self-reported data to improve accuracy. The report also includes a comparison of methods for defining the obesity
Young, Sabrina K., Page, Elina T., Okrent, Abigail, Sweitzer, Megan   +3 more
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Measuring nightly activity, body weight and body weight change rate with a sensor equipped bed

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2010
A bed was equipped with four force transducers so that the location of the Center Of Mass (COM) can be computed, when the bed contains a person. The computation of the COM and its alterations in combination with the sum of all measured forces allows to compute the person's position in bed, an activity level, the resulting body weight and the ...
Andreas, Schrempf, Gerold, Schossleitner, Armin, Blaha, Stefan, Leipold   +3 more
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Body Weight Measurement of Patients Receiving Nutritional Support

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 1982
A review of patient records over a 14‐day period revealed that daily weights were recorded in only 65.5% of patients receiving parenteral nutrition and 53% of patients receiving enteral alimentation despite a hospital nursing practice requirement for daily weights during nutritional support.
P A, Guenter, K, Moore, L O, Crosby, G P, Buzby, J L, Mullen   +4 more
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Measuring the impact of weight cycling on body composition

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 2014
The impact of weight cycling on body composition and metabolic risk remains controversial. Very few studies, however, meet the methodological requirements to analyze and normalize changes in body composition with weight loss and regain.Methodological drawbacks that limit the interpretation of results are as follows:first, a small and only partial ...
Anja, Bosy-Westphal, Manfred J, Müller
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Different measures of body weight as predictors of sickness absence

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2012
Aims: Excessive weight is associated with increased sickness absence from work due to obesity-linked health problems. However, it is not known which obesity measure best predicts sickness absence. First, we aimed to compare body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) as predictors of sickness absence spells of various ...
Lahelma Eero, Roos Eira, Korpela Katri, Laaksonen Mikko, Rahkonen Ossi, Lallukka Tea, Lahelma Eero, Roos Eira, Korpela Katri, Laaksonen Mikko, Rahkonen Ossi, Lallukka Tea   +11 more
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CHEST MEASUREMENT AS A GAGE OF BODY WEIGHT

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1922
Weight can be judged from body measurements most accurately by the use of standards that take notice of the thickness of the chest, for instance, the chest girth. 1 Furthermore, it has been shown by modern biometric methods that, in normal men weight is more nearly correlated with chest girth than with height.
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Estimation of body density and lean body weight from body measurements at high altitude

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, 1977
Body density and other anthropometric data were obtained on 101 Indian soldiers who were continously staying at high altitude (3920 m) for more than 10 months. Use was made of a human body volumeter, and body density was calculated from observed body weight and volume. Measurements were taken on the body using standard techniques.
H, Bharadwaj, S S, Verma, T, Zachariah, M R, Bhatia, S, Kishnani, M S, Malhota   +5 more
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Estimation of Minimal Wrestling Weight Using Measures of Body Build and Body Composition

International Journal of Sports Medicine, 1986
This study evaluated field methods for establishing minimal body weight in wrestlers based upon estimates of fat-free body weight (FFB): 239 high school wrestlers were measured for height, weight, 13 diameters, 24 circumferences, and 7 skinfolds, as well as for underwater weight to determine body density and resultant FFB.
W G, Thorland, G O, Johnson, C J, Cisar, T J, Housh   +3 more
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Prediction of Body Weights from Body Measurements in Holstein Friesian Calves

1995
SUMMARY : Prediction of body weight at birth, weaning (2 months of age) and 6 months of age from heart girth, chest depth, height at withers and body length were studied in male and female Holstein-Friesian calves raised in Research Farm of Agricultural College at Atatürk University.
TÜZEMEN, Naci, YANAR, Mete, AKBULUT, Ömer, UĞUR, Feyzi, AYDIN, Recep   +4 more
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