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STUDY OF THE VALUE SPHERE OF OVERWEIGHT WOMEN

Russian Journal of Education and Psychology
Background. According to statistics, the number of obese people is growing rapidly. Attitude to one's own weight, as well as a negative assessment of appearance by others, can negatively affect self-esteem, lead to psychological and emotional problems ...
Yulia A. Tokareva, Vera I. Tolmacheva
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Anthropometric discriminators of type 2 diabetes among White and Black American adults [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to determine the best anthropometric discriminators of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among White and Black males and females in a large US sample.
Gachupin, Francine C, Garvin, Jane T, Hardy, Dale S, Racette, Susan B, Stallings, Devita T, Xu, Hongyan   +5 more
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Assessment of muscle and fat mass in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

Alʹmanah Kliničeskoj Mediciny, 2018
Background: Obesity is an important health problem, as its prevalence has reached an epidemic level and continues to increase steadily resulting in higher risk of cardiovascular diseases and metabolic disorders.
I. V. Misnikova, Yu. A. Kovaleva, N. A. Klimina, E. Yu. Polyakova   +3 more
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Comparing Distributions: The Harmonic Mass Index [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2005
textabstractThe information contained in PP-plots is transformed into a single number. The resulting Harmonic Mass (HM) index is distribution free and its sample counterpart is shown to be consistent. For a wide class of CDFs the exact analytical expression of the distribution of the sample HM index is derived, assuming the two underlying samples to be
Charles van Marrewijk, Jeroen Hinloopen, Jeroen Hinloopen, Jeroen Hinloopen   +3 more
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Impact of Type Ia Supernova Ejecta on a Helium-star Binary Companion

, 2010
The impact of Type Ia supernova ejecta on a helium-star companion is investigated via high-resolution, two-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations. For a range of helium-star models and initial binary separations it is found that the mass unbound in the ...
Dessart, Domínguez, Dubey, Dwarkadas, Dwarkadas, Eggleton, Eggleton, Eggleton, Fryxell, Goldhaber, Hachisu, Hachisu, Hachisu, Hachisu, Hachisu, Howell, Ivanova, Kasen, Knop, Kuo-Chuan Pan, Leonard, Mannucci, Marietta, Meng, Meng, Paul M. Ricker, Riess, Ronald E. Taam, Scannapieco, Timmes, Waldman, Wang, Wang, Wickramasinghe   +33 more
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Elevated body mass index and fatty liver [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2008
Introduction Obesity and overweight, expressed by elevated Body Mass Index (BMI), result from excessive consumption of fatty food and carbohydrates above the body needs.
Marović Dragana
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Parental stress increases body mass index trajectory in pre-adolescents. [PDF]

, 2014
What is already known about this subjectRates of childhood obesity have increased since the mid-1970s. Research into behavioural determinants has focused on physical inactivity and unhealthy diets.
Berhane, K, Gilliland, F, Jerrett, M, Lam, C, McConnell, R, Milam, J, Shankardass, K, Wolch, J   +7 more
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Systemic immunity-inflammation index and body mass index: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE
Background and aimThe Systemic Immunity-inflammation Index (SII) is an emerging metric for assessing an individual's immunological and inflammatory condition. Studies examining the relationship between SII and body mass index (BMI) are limited.
Wei Guo, Chongheng Zhang, Fang Cao, Xinxin Sun, Jian Li, Wenfeng Zhang   +5 more
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Reference Standards for Lean Mass Measures Using GE Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry in Caucasian Adults

, 2017
Body composition assessments commonly focus predominantly on fat mass, however lean mass (LM) measurements also provide useful information regarding clinical and nutritional status.
Finch, Holmes W., Harber, Matthew P., Imboden, Mary T., Kaminsky, Leonard A., Swartz, Ann M.   +4 more
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occumb: An R package for site occupancy modeling of eDNA metabarcoding data

Population Ecology, EarlyView.
This study introduces a new R package, occumb, for the convenient application of site occupancy modeling using environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding data. We outline a data analysis workflow, including data setup, model fitting, model assessment, and comparison of potential study settings based on model predictions, all of which can be performed using
Keiichi Fukaya, Yuta Hasebe
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