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Association between order of eating and thinness among preschool children in Taizhou, China: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

Frontiers in Pediatrics
BackgroundOrder of eating is reportedly associated with childhood obesity. However, few studies have examined the relationship between the order of consumption of vegetables and meat/fish and childhood thinness.
Jingyun Yang, Yao Huang, Huilan Wu, Yixin Wu, Yun Wang, Hailing Fan, Mengjia Chen, Lizhen Wang, Lizhen Wang, Meixian Zhang, Meixian Zhang   +10 more
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Trends and inequalities in obesity and thinness among Chinese older adults based on CLHLS [PDF]

Scientific Reports
China’s aging population faces dual nutritional challenges as socioeconomic shifts reshape health outcomes. Between 2008 and 2018, obesity prevalence (BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2) surged from 2.6% to 7.8%, while thinness (BMI 
Yanbing Li, Yuliang Sun, Longhai Zhang, Shutong Yang, Ling Zhang, Yixuan Sun, Wenfei Zhu   +6 more
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The male gaze explored: Ranking thinness and attractiveness of female body shapes. [PDF]

Journal for Person-Oriented Research
The male gaze of the female body image in terms of thinness reveals its hierarchical structure: first torso, then legs, then arms. This is seen when in one task our male participants rank-ordered 8 composite images of a female body, derived from a Torso
Revital Naor-Ziv, Yaarit Amram-Veitz, Joseph Glicksohn   +2 more
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Underweight, Overweight and Anaemia among Persons Aged 60 Years or Older Residing in an Urban Resettlement Colony of Delhi: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022
Introduction: Nutritional deficiencies are common among elderly person aged 60 years or older. Elderly persons suffer the dual burden of overnutrition and undernutrition.
Anil Kumar Goswami, Ramadass Sathiyamoorthy, Mani Kalaivani, Shashi Kant, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta   +4 more
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NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS AND RELATED RISK FACTORS IN A COHORT OF YOUNG MEDITERRANEAN POPULATION [PDF]

Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2021
Today, obesity and thinness have a high impact on young generations which could affect their entire lifetime. The aim of our study was to investigate possible relationships between nutritional disorders and the presence of some risk factors in childhood ...
Vincenza La Fauci
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Association between subjective degree of influence in class and thinness among adolescents in Japan

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
Social status in school, measured by subjective degree of influence in class (DOI), may influence thinness among adolescents. This study examined the association between subjective degree of influence in class and thinness among Japanese adolescents ...
Nanako Ishikawa, Yuna Koyama, Satomi Doi, Satomi Doi, Aya Isumi, Aya Isumi, Takeo Fujiwara   +6 more
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Risk factors of persistent adolescent thinness: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Thinness during adolescence can increase the risk of adverse health outcomes across the life-course and impede development. There is limited research examining the prevalence and determinants of persistent adolescent thinness in the United ...
H. Whitfield, D. Hargreaves, D. Nicholls, H. C. Watt, H. Creese   +4 more
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The arithmetic dilemma when defining thinness, overweight and obesity in stunted populations

Human Biology and Public Health, 2022
Background: Critical cut-off values of BMI-for-age z-scores (BAZ) are used to define “thinness”, “overweight” and “obesity”, but the validity of these cut-off values needs to be questioned in populations that are shorter or taller than the reference. We
Michael Hermanussen, Masiar Novine, Christiane Scheffler, Detlef Groth   +3 more
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From thin objects to thin concepts?

Theoria, 2023
AbstractIn this short paper we consider Linnebo's thin/thick dichotomy: first, we show that it does not overlap with the very common one between abstract/concrete objects; second, on the basis of some difficulties with the distinction, we propose, as a possible way out, to move from thin/thick objects to thin/thick concepts.
Massimiliano Carrara, Ciro De Florio, Francesca Poggiolesi   +2 more
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An assessment of nutritional status in children of rural, northern KwaZulu-Natal province

South African Family Practice, 2020
Background: Childhood malnutrition in South Africa is largely perceived as one of undernutrition, with the opposite end of the spectrum (overnutrition) being evidenced in the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity, demonstrated to be associated with ...
Kelly R. Gate, Nompumelelo G. Mfeka-Nkabinde, Kantharuben Naidoo   +2 more
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