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Ratio of weight to height gain: a useful tool for identifying children at risk of becoming overweight or obese at preschool age [PDF]

Clinics, 2011
PURPOSE: To analyze the usefulness of the weight gain/height gain ratio from birth to two and three years of age as a predictive risk indicator of excess weight at preschool age.
Viviane G. Nascimento, Ciro Joao Bertoli, Claudio Leone   +2 more
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Food Energy Cost of Overweight and Obesity: A Model to Estimate the Amount of Food Expended for Excess Body Weight in a Community [PDF]

, 2015
Over-consumption of food energy entails body fat accumulation, overweight, obesity and increased risks of diseases. It is also indirectly associated with poor body condition followed by forced rest periods and limitations of activities and tasks.
Habte TY, Michael Krawinkel
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Effect and Management of Excess Weight in the Context of Fertility-Sparing Treatments in Patients With Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia and Endometrial Cancer: Eight-Year Experience of 227 Cases

Frontiers in Oncology, 2021
ObjectiveTo investigate the oncologic and reproductive outcomes of fertility-sparing treatments (FSTs) in atypical endometrial hyperplasia (AEH) and endometrial cancer (EC) patients with excess weight (EW).MethodsThis retrospective study comprised ...
Ying Shan, Ying Shan, Meng Qin, Meng Qin, Jie Yin, Jie Yin, Yan Cai, Yan Cai, Yan Li, Yan Li, Yu Gu, Yu Gu, Wei Wang, Wei Wang, Yong-xue Wang, Yong-xue Wang, Jia-yu Chen, Jia-yu Chen, Ying Jin, Ying Jin, Ling-ya Pan, Ling-ya Pan   +21 more
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Excess Body Weight and Gallstone Disease [PDF]

Visceral Medicine, 2021
<b><i>Background:</i></b> Approximately one fifth of adults are diagnosed with gallstones worldwide. Of these, around 25% develop gallstone disease (indicated by the presence of symptoms) and undergo cholecystectomy. <b><i>Summary:</i></b> The risk of gallstones is influenced by a combination of genetic ...
Caroline Sarah, Stokes, Frank, Lammert
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Effects of Concurrent Resistance and Aerobic Training on Body Composition, Muscular Strength and Maximum Oxygen Uptake in Men with Excess Weight

Physical Education Theory and Methodology, 2023
The study purpose was to compare the effects of concurrent resistance and aerobic training to resistance and/or aerobic training alone on body composition, muscular strength and maximum oxygen uptake in overweight and obese men.
Chaiyawat Namboonlue, Sarocha Namboonlue, Palakorn Sriwiset, Jittima Jaisuk, Arunya Buttichak, Nattha Muangritdech, Wisutthida Saengjan   +6 more
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Prevalence and possible complications of pediatric obesity in Romania: A review of recent literature [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Pediatrics, 2020
Introduction. Excess weight has been recognized as a global health issue for many years. It is an established risk factor for several chronic conditions, notably cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and is increasingly present in the pediatric population.
Cristina Ramona Radulescu, Ioana Adriana Ghiorghiu, Doina Anca Plesca   +2 more
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Impact of age and race on outcomes of a program to prevent excess weight gain and disordered eating in adolescent girls [PDF]

, 2017
Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) prevents weight gain and reduces loss-of-control (LOC)-eating in adults. However, IPT was not superior to health-education (HE) for preventing excess weight gain and reducing LOC-eating over 1-year in adolescent girls at
Brady, Sheila, Burke, Natasha L, Olsen, Cara H, Reynolds, James C, Sbrocco, Tracy, Shomaker, Lauren B, Stephens, Mark, Tanofsky-Kraff, Marian, Wilfley, Denise E, Yanovski, Jack A, Young, Jami F   +10 more
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Excess weight

International Journal for Innovation Education and Research, 2019
This paper has the purpose of discussing obesity and excess weight in adolescence resulting from research carried out in a public university program focused on this group. As a result of this research the importance of family and school in the process of slimming down can be emphasized, as much through spheres of support, as through challenging life ...
Régia Cristina Oliveira, Ivana Brito, Claudia Medeiros de Castro   +2 more
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Defining an epidemic:The body mass index in British and American obesity research 1960-2000 [PDF]

, 2014
Between the 1970s and the mid‐1990s the body mass index (BMI) became the standard means of assessing obesity both in populations and in individuals, replacing previously diverse and contested definitions of excess body weight.
Amsterdamska, Aronowitz, Aronowitz, Bacon, Baird, Baird, Berridge, Berridge, Berridge, Berridge, Bowker, Bray, Bray, Bray, British Nutrition Foundation (BNF), Busch, Campos, Craddock, Crawford, Department of Health (DoH), Department of Health and Social Security/Medical Research Council (DHSS/MRC), Desrosieres, Epstein, Fletcher, Fye, Gaesser, Gard, Garrow, Garrow, Garrow, Garrow, Government Office for Science, Hacking, Hacking, Hautvast, Hilgartner, James, James, Jasanoff, Jasanoff, Keys, Kromhout, Kuczmarski, Kuczmarski, Kuhn, Monaghan, National Institutes of Health Panel on Obesity, O'Connell, Oddy, Office of Health Economics, Oliver, Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer, Pickersgill, Pickersgill, Pringle, Rothstein, Royal College of Physicians, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Sims, Smith, Timmermann, Timmermans, Timmermans, Timmermans, Tunstall-Pedoe, VanItalllie, West, WHO, WHO, World Health Organization (WHO)   +70 more
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Obesity problems go beyond excess mass!

South African Family Practice, 1980
No abstract available.
SAFPJ Editor
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