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Bodyweight Perceptions among Texas Women: The Effects of Religion, Race/Ethnicity, and Citizenship Status

, 2016
Despite previous work exploring linkages between religious participation and health, little research has looked at the role of religion in affecting bodyweight perceptions. Using the theoretical model developed by Levin et al.
Aida I. Ramos, Alan S Miller, Amy M Brausch, Amy M Burdette, Ana F Abraído-Lanza, Andrea K Henderson, Andrea L Ruiz, Andrea L. Ruiz, Bernice Dodor, Chris J Boyatzis, Christin New, Christopher G Ellision, Christopher G Ellison, Christopher G Ellison, Christopher G Ellison, David R Williams, Deborah Schooler, Eric A Finkelstein, Fenggang Yang, Gabriel A Acevedo, Gabriel A. Acevedo, Ginny Garcia, Harold Koenig, Heather Antecol, Ike S Okosun, Jacqueline A Pesa, Jeffrey S Levin, Jennifer A O’Dea, John B Dixon, John M Ruiz, John W Ayers, Joseph Martinez, Karen Hye-cheon Kim, Karen Hye-cheon Kim, Karen Hye-cheon Kim Yeary, Katya M Herman, Kirby K Reutter, KJ Lancaster, Krista M C Cline, Kristin Homan, Kristin J Flynn, Larry L Hunt, Lauren Rauscher, Linda M Chatters, Lisa M Bates, Lori A Klos, M Fogelholm, M Joy Jacobs-Pilipski, Marian L Fitzgibbon, Mark J DeHaven, Mark S Kaplan, Meg Lovejoy, Michael L Rowland, Mita Sanghavi Goel, Molly A Martin, Molly A Martin, Nancy D Brener, Neal Krause, Neal Krause, Neal Krause, Nicole M Overstreet, Penny Edgell, Philip B Mason, R Frank Gillum, R Khari Brown, Rashida R Dorsey, Rashida R Dorsey, Robert Joseph Taylor, Robert Wuthnow, Roy R Reeves, S Yaemsiri, Sahasporn Paeratakul, Scott Schieman, Seronda A Robinson, Shalonda E. B. Horton, Stephenie C Lemon, Tanya Nieri, Van Hook, Virginia W Chang, Wanda M Thompson, Winston Abara   +80 more
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Double burden of malnutrition among urban Bengalee adolescent boys in Midnapore, West Bengal, India [PDF]

, 2012
Malnutrition is an important public health problem worldwide. Therefore a study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of adolescent thinness, overweight and obesity in Midnapore town, West Bengal, India.
D Mahalanabis, K Bose, R Khongsdier, S Bisai, S Bisai   +4 more
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Obesity and weight control measures: Findings from female college students of Agra

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2013
Context: Obesity has negative health impacts. Obese people have higher risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Overweight and obesity during young adulthood can track into later adulthood along with its higher risk for NCDs.
H K Thakkar, K Srivastava, S K Misra, S C Gupta   +3 more
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Evaluation on the effects of Tamarindus Indica L. fruit on body weight and several cardiometabolic risk factors in obese and overweight adult patients: A randomized controlled clinical trial

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2020
Background: Animal studies have shown the anti-obesity effects of Tamarindus indica L. (tamarind) fruit pulp. This study aimed to evaluate the weight-reducing effects of T. indica L.
Sedigheh Asgary, Rasool Soltani, Najmeh Barzegar, Nizal Sarrafzadegan   +3 more
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Global prevalence and trends of overweight and obesity among preschool children.

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2010
BACKGROUND Childhood obesity is associated with serious health problems and the risk of premature illness and death later in life. Monitoring related trends is important.
M. de Onís, M. Blössner, E. Borghi
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Data-based Automatic Discretization of Nonparametric Distributions [PDF]

, 2018
Although using non-Gaussian distributions in economic models has become increasingly popular, currently there is no systematic way for calibrating a discrete distribution from the data without imposing parametric assumptions. This paper proposes a simple nonparametric calibration method based on the Golub-Welsch algorithm for Gaussian quadrature ...
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Peer Victimization in Overweight Adolescents and Its Effect on Their Self-Esteem and Peer Difficulties [PDF]

, 2019
This study has three objectives: to examine whether adolescents who perceive themselves as overweight differ from others in terms of offline victimization at school, cybervictimization, self-esteem, and difficulties relating to peers; to examine the ...
Núñez, Andrea, Núñez, José Carlos, Pérez Fuentes, María Del Carmen, Álvarez García, David   +3 more
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Population Trends & Obesity Patterns in the Philippines: A Window to the Obesity Epidemic in the Asia-Oceania Region

Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies, 2014
Dr. Lee Kaplan, in his lecture at the recently concluded Postgraduate Course in Endocrinology (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA) described obesity as a very common and growing problem, with a complex physiology and clinically heterogenous picture,
Augusto D. Litonjua
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Forecasting the prevalence of overweight and obesity in India to 2040

PLoS ONE, 2020
Background In India, the prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased rapidly in recent decades. Given the association between overweight and obesity with many non-communicable diseases, forecasts of the future prevalence of overweight and obesity ...
S. Luhar, I. Timæus, Rebecca E. Jones, S. Cunningham, Shivani A. Patel, S. Kinra, L. Clarke, R. Houben   +7 more
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An ecological systems approach to examining risk factors for early childhood overweight: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study [PDF]

, 2009
Objective: To use an ecological systems approach to examine individual-, family-, community- and area-level risk factors for overweight (including obesity) in 3-year-old children. Methods: A prospective nationally representative cohort study conducted in
Cole, T.J., Hawkins, S.S., Law, C., Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group, The   +3 more
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