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Showing 1 to 20 of 130 for “"Anthropometric Measurements"”.
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Dietary Intake Estimations and Anthropometric Measurements in Healthy Young Adult Women with Differing Eating Characteristics
… differences in dietary intake variables and anthropometric measurements in healthy young adult women of healthy body mass index (BMI) with high and low scores of cognitive eating restraint (CER), disinhibition (DI), and hunger. Design: Cross-sectional study in which the Eating Inventory was …
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Comparison of Anthropometric Measurements of Abdominal Obesity as Predictors of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: NHANES 2011-2014
… <strong>Main outcome measures </strong>Each anthropometric measure was assessed for predicting risk of the following cardiometabolic disorders: hypertension (HTN), pre-diabetes, diabetes, high total cholesterol, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), high non-HDL-C, and high …
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Anthropometric measurements, sexual development and serum reproductive hormonal levels among boys in the rural Western Cape
… detailed exploration of t he growth pattern in anthropometric variables and hormonal indicators, and its relation to pubertal stage. Reference data in relation to pubertal stage are presented, and compared with other international findings. Objective: To investigate the anthrop ometric growth …
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Wellness and Nutrition Education Program to Promote Improve Nutritional Practices and Decreased Body Mass in Individuals Working in a Health Care Setting.
… the five week program including final weight, measurements and post-program survey to determine nutritional practices. All participants attended weekly group classes with topics related to nutrition, physical activity, and behavior changes. Changes in weight, anthropometric measurements, and …
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Quantitative measurement of body composition in individuals with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
… The values for BCM were obtained from K-40 measurements and anthropometric measurements were used to obtain BF estimates. K-40 analysis and anthropometric measurements were performed in accordance with established methods. As expected, a difference in body composition parameters was detected …
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The epidemiology and risk associated with lower back pain in cyclists
… LBP in cyclists and 1) flexibility and 2) anthropometric measurements, and 3) bicycle set-up parameters.
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Nutritional Status of Patients with End Stage Liver Disease: An Outpatient Assessment
… in outpatients. Though BMI, nutritional intake, anthropometric measurements have been used in clinical trials, there still remains no standard nutritional assessment. The purpose of this dissertation was to (1) identify the incidence of malnutrition in patients with compensated and decompensated …
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A Modern Examination of Marcus Goldstein’s Mexican Immigrant Population Data: Comparisons of Mexican-born and U.S.-born Children and Adults Living in 1930’s America and Mexico
… original data consisting of nineteen different anthropometric measurements on two different groups of individuals, Mexican immigrants and their children residing in the San Antonio, Texas area and Mexican natives living in central and northern Mexico. Using independent samples T-tests, an …
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A Modern Examination of Marcus Goldstein’s Mexican Immigrant Population Data: Comparisons of Mexican-born and U.S.-born Children and Adults Living in 1930’s America and Mexico
… original data consisting of nineteen different anthropometric measurements on two different groups of individuals, Mexican immigrants and their children residing in the San Antonio, Texas area and Mexican natives living in central and northern Mexico. Using independent samples T-tests, an …
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The relationship between urinary organophosphate pesticide residues and reproductive development among boys living in the rural Western Cape
… in serum reproductive hormone levels and lower anthropometric measurements as well as non-significant lower sexual maturity ratings and testicular sizes in farm boys compared to non-farm boys from the rural Western Cape in South Africa. Methodology: This analysis included 183 out of 269 school …
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Development and pilot testing of a nutrition education program for adult African American church members
… were described by the participants themselves. Anthropometric measurements, three day diet records and a health risk appraisal were obtained from participants. In addition, the program itself and the data collected were evaluated based on several Healthy People 2000 objectives. Attendance at …
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Isometric forces transmitted by the digits: data collection using a standardized protocol
… which predicted the strength exertions using anthropometric measurements which are commonly available. Although some particular exertions were not well predicted, the potential of prediction was verified.
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Improved characterisation of measures of fatness and metabolic risks in older adolescents and young adults in the South Asian population in the UK
… reference cut-offs for any body composition or anthropometric variable because of the age-related changes in growth and body composition which occurs during the growth and maturation. In view of this continuing challenge, the aim of this study was to extend the work previously undertaken in this …
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Relationships between the chronological and biological age, and physical performance of elite youth invasion games players during the course of a season
… by Sherar ci al. (2005) involved a series of anthropometric measurements followed by various calculations to provide a normative data set. The zlationships between these two measurements of biological maturity were identified using Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient. The tracking …
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The influence of maternal socio-economic status on infant feeding practices and anthropometry of HIV-exposed infants
… status on infant feeding practices and infant anthropometric measurements. Information was collected from 125 mother-infant pairs who presented at the health clinic with infants aged between six weeks to six months. The WHO anthropometry calculator was used to determine the z scores of the …
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The relationship between lower limb power and anthropometric characteristics and gymnastics success
… between lower limb and upper body power and anthropometric measurements and gymnastics success in collegiate athletes on the vault apparatus. Seven 18-22 year old female gymnasts on the Texas Woman's University gymnastic team performed an arm countermovement vertical jump, a running vertical …
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Comparison of circumference-based equation and air displacement plethysmography to assess body fat percentage and evaluation of intervention for Army ROTC cadets to meet body composition standards.
… to determine the correlation between manual anthropometric measurements that are used in the United States Army to determine body fat percentage and measurements taken using the BOD POD. Additionally, this study investigated the effectiveness of a fitness and nutritional intervention program …
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Seasonal changes in functional fitness and neurocognitive performance in youth ice hockey players
… pre and post-season assessments including anthropometric measurements, the Functional Movement Screen (FMS), Lower Quarter Y-Balance Test (YBT-LQ) and a computerized neurocognitive assessment, ImPACT. Paired samples t-tests were used to compare pre and post-season data. Independent samples …
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