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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Trunk Fat"”.
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Associations of the Limb Fat to Trunk Fat Ratio With Markers of Cardiometabolic Risk in Elderly Men and Women
… It has been reported that the ratio of limb fat to trunk fat (LF/TF) is associated with markers of cardiometabolic risk in elderly men and women. However, it is unknown if LF/TF is associated with cardiometabolic risk beyond that explained by LF and TF independently. Objective: To determine …
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Metabolic complications resulting from the use of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients
… Lipodystrophy is characterised by an increase in trunk fat (lipohypertrophy) and/or a decrease in limb fat (lipoatrophy). This thesis investigates the metabolic complications associated with ART, and develops simple anthropometric cut-points for identifying those with lipodystrophy. Data for this …
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Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Cardiovascular Exercise: Role of Visceral Adipose Tissue
Chronic consumption of a diet high in saturated fat (HFD) combined with a sedentary lifestyle has led to the obesity epidemic and its associated metabolic complications. At the heart of the metabolic aberrations that lead to obesity-associated diseases is inflammation that occurs in the visceral …
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Cardiometabolic risk in 10 to 11 year old children : the impacts of physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition and lifestyle education
… non- invasive (LV Mass, E/A, E'/A', E/E', trunk fat mass, whole body fat mass) and invasive CM risk markers (CRP, HOMA-IR, adiponectin, TC: HDL-C), and between all risk markers and CRF (V02 peak), time spent sedentary, moderate to vigorous intensity PA (MVPA) and vigorous PA (VPA) were …
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Regional Fat Distribution, Physical Activity and Hormonal Factors in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
… study evaluated the association between central fat (CF) and both plasma hormones and physical activity (PA) in 17 men and 23 women (mean age 62 years, body mass index 31 kg/m2) with type 2 diabetes. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry was used to assess central abdominal fat (CAF), abdominal fat …
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A Study Of The Effect Of Altitude And Local Biologies Upon Nunoan Breast Milk Content
… in breastfeeding practices influence milkfat content significantly. With an elevation of over 4000 meters above sea level, relatively low levels of socioeconomic status, and variability in women’s schedules resulting in high variability of breastfeeding patterns, Nunoa, Peru provides an …
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A longitudinal study of fat mass accrual from adolescence through to emerging adulthood and its impact on cardiometabolic risk later in life
… and that there is a period in adulthood when fat mass (FM) increases. Emerging adulthood (EA; 18-25 years) has been identified as a potential critical period when FM accrues, the degree to which is potentially influenced by childhood and adolescence FM accrual. EA is also a period which favors …
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Ethnic specific associations between body composition and metabolic risk and the role of sex hormones and aromatase among black and white South African women
… differences in the relationship between body fat distribution and metabolic risk between black and white women. However, the reasons for these differences are not known and may be explained in part by differences in sex hormones. The overall aim of this thesis was therefore to i) examine …
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The influence of dietary fatty acids and antioxidant micronutrients on plasma, red blood cell and platelet fatty acids in healthy men and women
… National surveys report a dietary imbalance of fats and antioxidant micronutrients, which may adversely influence blood fatty acid profile and risk for CVD. We investigated relationships between saturated and unsaturated dietary fat, and antioxidant (retinol, alpha-tocopherol, beta-carotene, …
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Determinants of body composition changes over 5.5 years and the associated cardio-metabolic risk factors in free-living black South African women
… in body weight, body composition and body fat distribution over 5.5-years in relation to changes in cardio-metabolic risk factors; Chapter 2: To examine the modifiable and non-modifiable determinants of the changes in body weight and body fat distribution over the follow-up period. A …