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Human embryos from overweight and obese women display phenotypic and metabolic abnormalities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
STUDY QUESTION Is the developmental timing and metabolic regulation disrupted in embryos from overweight or obese women? SUMMARY ANSWER Oocytes from overweight or obese women are smaller than those from women of healthy weight, yet post-fertilization ...
Leary, C.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Attentional distraction during exercise in overweight and normal-weight boys [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of attentional distraction on field running distance and activity intensity during an exercise session in normal-weight and overweight youngsters and to investigate potential mediators.
De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

BMI-For-Age Cut-Off as an Indicator of Adiposity among In-School Children (Age 4-11 Years) in Obio/Akpor LGA, Rivers State, Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Childhood overweight and obesity has been an issue of great concern to developing and developed nation where as degenerative underweight has ravaged the underdeveloped and war turn countries.
Aigbogun EO Jr, Ibeachu PC, Ikechukwu E
core   +1 more source

Pain Response after Maximal Aerobic Exercise in Adolescents across Weight Status [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Introduction Pain reports are greater with increasing weight status, and exercise can reduce pain perception. It is unknown, however, whether exercise can relieve pain in adolescents of varying weight status.
Bement, Marie K. Hoeger   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Correlation between body mass index and waist circumference in Nigerian adults: implication as indicators of health status [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background. Anthropometric measures have been widely used for body weight classification in humans. Waist circumference has been advanced as a useful parameter for measuring adiposity. This study evaluated the correlation between body mass index (BMI)
Afolabi , Israel Sunmola   +7 more
core   +3 more sources

Use of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision Codes for Obesity: Trends in the United States from an Electronic Health Record-Derived Database. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Obesity is a potentially modifiable risk factor for many diseases, and a better understanding of its impact on health care utilization, costs, and medical outcomes is needed.
Crawford, Albert   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Examination of Gender Differences: Causal Attributions of Treatment-Seeking Individuals With Overweight and Obesity

open access: yesClinical Psychology in Europe
[Background] Addressing patients' perceptions of the causes of their overweight and obesity may be a promising approach to enhance treatment motivation and success. Previous research suggests that there are gender differences in these aspects.
Carmen Henning   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preventing childhood obesity by reducing consumption of carbonated drinks: cluster randomised controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Objective To determine if a school based educational programme aimed at reducing consumption of carbonated drinks can prevent excessive weight gain in children. Design Cluster randomised controlled trial.
Cavan, David A.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Maternal employment and overweight children [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper seeks to determine whether a causal relationship exists between maternal employment and childhood overweight. We use matched mother/child data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and employ econometric techniques to control for ...
Kristin F. Butcher   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

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