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Fat mass index performs best in monitoring management of obesity in prepubertal children

Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), 2016
Objective: An early and accurate recognition of success in treating obesity may increase the compliance of obese children and their families to intervention programs.
Luís Pereira‐da‐Silva, Mónica Pitta‐Grós Dias, Elisabete Dionísio, Daniel Virella, Marta Alves, Catarina Diamantino, Anabela Alonso, Gonçalo Cordeiro‐Ferreira   +7 more
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Electrical pulse stimulation reflecting the episodic nature of real‐life exercise modulates metabolic and secretory profile of primary human myotubes

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Here, we introduced an intermittent electrical stimulation protocol mimicking the episodic nature of real‐life exercise in vitro by alternating low‐ and high‐frequency stimulation. In comparison with widely used continuous stimulation, it enhanced the rate of glucose and fatty acid oxidation, but not the myokine release.
Klára Gabrišová, Tímea Kurdiová, Daria Barkova, Natália Pálešová, Jana Babulicová, Silvia Tyčiaková, Marta Novotová, Mária Balážová, Miroslav Sabo, Václav Pustka, Jozef Ukropec, Barbara Ukropcová   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Progressive regression of left ventricular hypertrophy two years after bariatric surgery. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a systemic disorder associated with an increase in left ventricular mass and premature death and disability from cardiovascular disease.
Adams, Anthony F. Boyer, Brad Snyder, Brolin, Carol Wolin-Riklin, Carrasco, Charles C. Miller, Christou, Cook, Devereux, Erik B. Wilson, Fielding, Harmancey, Heinrich Taegtmeyer, Higa, Himeno, Ippisch, Iyengar, Joshua G. Leichman, Kaneko, Lang, Lee, Leichman, Leichman, Levy, Mathier, Mohamed F. Algahim, Mokdad, Muller, Olshansky, Ristow, Rubino, Shah, Sharma, Sherman Yu, Sjostrom, Sjostrom, Somers, Strauss, Susan T. Laing, Teichholz, Terry Scarborough, Thomas R. Lux, Trakhtenbroit, Ursula G. Kyle, Vakili, Wallace, Waradekar, Wing   +48 more
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Research progress on the metabolic transformation of Shenling Baizhu San under the influence of the gut microbiota

Advanced Chinese Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract The gut microbiota plays a pivotal role in maintaining host metabolic homeostasis and overall physiological functions. Shenling Baizhu San (SLBZS), a time‐honored classical prescription for tonifying Qi, strengthening the spleen, removing dampness, and arresting diarrhea, has shown broad clinical efficacy in digestive disorders.
Jinlan Di, Xiaochun Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Body Fat Percentage and Body Mass Index for Students and Staff of the College of Nursing/ Hawler Medical University

Erbil Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2018
Background and objectives: The finding of an association between health and body composition mandated the necessity for frequent testing of body composition for all.
Ibrahim Mustafa
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The interrelation between the Ketle index and the body component composition (muscle, fat, bone) in students with different levels of physical fitness

Сибирский научный медицинский журнал, 2020
The process of body mass increasing among the population becomes global, which updates the need for early diagnosis of obesity. An informative method of determining the body mass excess and obesity is the determination of muscle and fat components, as ...
E. A. Chanchaeva, S. S. Sidorov, A. V. Kozlov, V. A. Vodoleeva, R. I. Aizman   +4 more
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A cross-sectional analysis of body composition among healthy elderly from the European NU-AGE study: Sex and country specific features [PDF]

, 2018
Body composition (BC) is an emerging important factor for the characterization of metabolic status. The assessment of BC has been studied in various populations and diseases such as obesity, diabetes, endocrine diseases as well as physiological and ...
Agnes Berendsen, Alberto Bazzocchi, Amy Jennings, Aurelia Santoro, Aurelia Santoro, Barbara Pietruszka, Claudio Franceschi, Claudio Franceschi, Daniele Mercatelli, Edith J. M. Feskens, Elodie Caumon, Enrico Giampieri, Fawzi Kadi, Frederic Capel, Giulia Guidarelli, Giuseppe Battista, Kevin D. Cashman, Lisette C. P. G. M. De Groot, Maria Scurti, Maria Scurti, Nathalie Meunier, Olga Surala, Rachel Gillings, Rita Ostan, Rita Ostan, Stefano Salvioli, Stefano Salvioli   +26 more
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Central Dysmyelination in SSADH‐Deficient Humans and Mice

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency (SSADHD) is an inherited metabolic disorder characterized by an accumulation of γ‐aminobutyric (GABA). In addition to its synaptic role as an inhibitory neurotransmitter, GABA also plays an important role in myelination.
Itay Tokatly Latzer, Henry H. C. Lee, Edward Yang, Cesar Alves, Mariarita Bertoldi, Caitlyn Fung, Spencer V. Steele, Eren Kule, Zijie Jin, Alexander Rotenberg, Jean‐Baptiste Roullet, Phillip L. Pearl   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic Markers as Instrumental Variables:An Application to Child Fat Mass and Academic Achievement [PDF]

The use of genetic markers as instrumental variables (IV) is receiving increasing attention from economists. This paper examines the conditions that need to be met for genetic variants to be used as instruments.
Carol Propper, Debbie A. Lawlor, Frank Windmeijer, George Davey Smith, Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder   +4 more
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A study of body composition and its association with disease severity in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in HUSM [PDF]

, 2011
Background: COPD is not just a disease of the lungs alone; it has systemic manifestations due to the underlying pathogenesis of inflammatory reaction.
Asmee, Mohammad Faisal
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