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Fetal liver blood flow distribution: role in human developmental strategy to prioritize fat deposition versus brain development [PDF]

, 2012
Among primates, human neonates have the largest brains but also the highest proportion of body fat. If placental nutrient supply is limited, the fetus faces a dilemma: should resources be allocated to brain growth, or to fat deposition for use as a ...
Cyrus Cooper, Guttorm Haugen, Hazel M. Inskip, Keith M. Godfrey, Lucy Davies, Lynette Kay Rogers, Mark A. Hanson, Nicholas C. W. Harvey, Sarah R. Crozier, Sian M. Robinson, Torvid Kiserud   +10 more
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Correlation between Skinfold Thickness and Total Daily Dose of Insulin in Patient with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Dr Soetomo General Hospital

Current Internal Medicine Research and Practice Surabaya Journal, 2023
Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a non-communicable disease with a high prevalence in Indonesia. T2DM is caused by insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency. One of the therapy for T2DM is insulin administration which is injected
Amilia Putri Larasati, Jongky Hendro Prajitno, Bambang Purwanto   +2 more
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The association between skinfold thicknesses and estimated glomerular filtration rate in adolescents: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nephrology, 2022
Background Obesity is one of the causes of glomerular hyperfiltration. Studies on the relationship between body fat content and glomerular hyperfiltration have been limited to special children.
Yongchang Yang, Yubin Wu
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Intramuscular Temperature Changes in the Quadriceps Femoris Muscle After Post-Exercise Cold-Water Immersion (10°C for 10 min): A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2021
Post-exercise cold-water immersion (CWI) is a widely accepted recovery strategy for maintaining physical performance output. However, existing review articles about the effects of CWI commonly pool data from very heterogenous study designs and thus, do ...
Livia Freitag, Ron Clijsen, Ron Clijsen, Ron Clijsen, Ron Clijsen, Carlina Deflorin, Wolfgang Taube, Jan Taeymans, Jan Taeymans, Erich Hohenauer, Erich Hohenauer, Erich Hohenauer, Erich Hohenauer, Erich Hohenauer   +13 more
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Mediation Analysis Supports a Causal Relationship between Maternal Hyperglycemia and Placental DNA Methylation Variations at the Leptin Gene Locus and Cord Blood Leptin Levels. [PDF]

, 2020
Changes in fetal DNA methylation (DNAm) of the leptin (LEP) gene have been associated with exposure to maternal hyperglycemia, but their links with childhood obesity risk are still unclear.
Bouchard, Luigi, Breton, Edith, Cardenas, Andres, Fortin, Carol-Ann, Gagné-Ouellet, Valérie, Guérin, Renée, Hivert, Marie-France, Perron, Patrice, Thibeault, Kathrine   +8 more
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The Effect of Nutritional Status on Outcome of Hospitalization in Paediatric Liver Disease Patients [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Liver is an important organ for metabolism. It has a major role in integrating the various biochemical pathways of metabolism. Thus, children with chronic liver disease are at high risk for developing undernutrition, with important ...
Yasmeen Mansi, Shereen Abdel Ghaffar, Shaymaa Sayed, Hanaa El-Karaksy   +3 more
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Patterns of body mass index, percentage body fat, and skinfold thicknesses in 7- to 18-year-old children and adolescents from Indonesia

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2020
Background: Body mass index (BMI) and skinfold thickness are widely used to evaluate body composition. Information on patterns of skinfold thickness may help to understand changes in body composition during growth.
Janatin Hastuti, Neni Trilusiana Rahmawati, Rusyad Adi Suriyanto, Tunjung Wibowo, Neti Nurani, Madarina Julia   +5 more
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Skinfold calipers: which instrument to use?

Journal of Nutritional Science, 2023
The considerable amount of original and generic types of skinfold calipers available is a source of systematic measurement error. This study is a brief report that critically examines the original and illustrated structural configuration of the three ...
Joaquim H. Cintra-Andrade, Wagner L. Ripka, Steven B. Heymsfield   +2 more
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Detecting obesity based on skinfold thicknesses [PDF]

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2005
Dear Sir:Zimmermannetal(1)showed,in6–12-y-oldSwisschildren,thatthe 95th BMI percentile of the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC) cutoffs have a higher sensitivity than do the In-ternational Obesity Task Force (IOTF) obesity cutoffs to detectobesitybasedonskinfoldthicknesses.TheyconcludedthattheCDCcutoffs are superior to the IOTF cutoffs ...
Tim J, Cole, Km, Flegal, William H, Dietz   +2 more
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The effects of Bodymax high-repetition resistance training on measures of body composition and muscular strength in active adult women [PDF]

, 2003
This is the author's PDF version of an article published in Journal of strenght and conditioning research in 2003. The definitive version is available at http://www.nsca-jscr.orgThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a light, high ...
Lamb, Kevin L., O'Connor, Tracey E.
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