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Showing 1 to 20 of 616 for “"Weight Gain"”.
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Gestational Weight Gain Patterns
Background: Managing gestational weight gain (GWG) remains a global health priority as obesity among women of childbearing age and their children have been linked to excessive GWG. Excessive GWG has been linked to increased rates of cesarean sections, preterm births, hypertensive disorders, …
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Weight gain during pregnancy: the characteristics of women who experience excess weight gain
Weight gain during pregnancy, relationships among body image, body weight standards, and attitudes toward weight gain were investigated. Weight gain recommendations, based on preconceptional weight status (PCWS) reflected current practices in prenatal care at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, …
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Intradialytic Weight Gain Management for Dialysis Patients
… <p><strong> </strong></p> <p> Intradialytic weight gain has become a major problem for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients who are dependent on hemodialysis. This issue has resulted in more complications and hospitalizations of ESRD patients who need effective IDWG management programs …
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The management of antipsychotic-induced weight gain
… effective management of antipsychotic-induced weight gain (AIWG) is paramount in addressing the burden of premature mortality among people living with a SMI. Despite its prevalence and impact, international AIWG management practices continue to be suboptimal. This is in part due to deficits in …
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Determinants of weight gain prevention in adult women
Although the prevalence of overweight and obesity has remained stable in recent years, weight management remains a challenge for a large sector of the population. Particularly during young adulthood, women are at increased risk for excess weight gain. Rather than focusing on the treatment of excess …
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Factors Affecting Pregnancy Weight Gain In African American Women
… American women, who have high rates of overweight and obesity, are also more susceptible to weight retention due to pregnancy than women of other races, leading to increased risk of health problems for mother and child. However, research into physical activity and nutritional barriers has …
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Simulation of weight gain and feed consumption of turkeys
… of significant economic importance, namely body weight and feed consumption. Existing weather simulation models were combined and modified in order to develop a model that predicted daily dry-bulb temperature and humidity ratio outside the turkey house. The weather simulation model was validated …
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Association of parental weight with pregnancy weight gain and outcome
… of paternal of paternal BMI with maternal weight gain, the birth weight of the newborn and to develop a prediction equation. This study utilized a purposive sampling technique. The participants for this study were recruited from five different WIC sites in north central West Virginia. The …
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Weight gain in females with a diagnosis of breast cancer
… subjects with a diagnosis of breast cancer and weight changes. The study tested the hypotheses: (a) Women with Stage I or II breast cancer gain weight. (b) Women with stage I breast cancer gain more weight than those with stage II. (c) Women with stage II breast cancer on adjuvant chemotherapy …
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Effective Measures of Weight Gain Five Years Post-Kidney Transplantation
<p><strong>BACKGROUND</strong>: Weight gain is commonly observed post-kidney transplantation and is associated with unfavorable health outcomes, such as graft loss, new onset diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the most effective measure for assessing …
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Prepregnancy Body Mass Index, Gestational Weight Gain, and Child's Asthma Development
… prepregnancy obesity, and excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) have been on the rise in recent decades. This has brought attention to these topics and whether maternal weight related metrics affect the risk of asthma. Methodological challenges and data quality have led to mixed results …
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Rebound weight gain following exercise or moderate caloric restriction in rats
Call number: LD2668 .T4 FN 1989 S77
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The Role of Vitamin D and Antipsychotic Drug-induced Weight Gain
… led to a simultaneous rise in the occurrence of weight gain and metabolic syndrome in this patient population. Vitamin D is essential in the normal functioning of the musculoskeletal system. However, its deficiency is prevalent. Vitamin D is involved in the pathology of mental illness, including …
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The Effects of Weight Gain and Atorvastatin Treatment on Arterial Stiffness
… these issues, we tested the hypotheses that weight gain increases arterial stiffness in nonobese young males, and atorvastatin treatment reduces large artery stiffness in overweight and obese middle-aged and older adults. Consistent with our first hypothesis, weight gain increased arterial …
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Genetic Determinants of Obesity in Relation to Diet, Weight Gain and Mortality
… between genetic susceptibility to obesity and weight gain at different time-points in life (paper IV) and tried to dissect the causality between cardiometabolic traits and mortality (paper V). The work in this thesis was conducted using data from the population based prospective Malmö Diet and …
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Emotional Health and Weight Gain: A Prospective Study of Middle-Aged Women
… was to investigate the extent to which risk of gaining weight or body fat is affected by emotional health in women. A secondary objective was to determine the influence of age, baseline weight and body fat, physical activity (PA), energy intake, and changes in PA and energy intake, on the …
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Characterizing Dietary Intake and Physical Activity Affecting Weight Gain in Kidney Transplant Recipients
<p>Weight gain following kidney transplant is a significant problem with 50 to 90% of kidney transplant recipients gaining weight. Potential factors leading to weight gain following kidney transplantation have been thought to include a change in lifestyle such asdietary intake and physical …
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Weight Gain Counselling in Prenatal Care: Assessing and Improving Patient-Healthcare Provider Interactions
Background: It is well accepted that gestational weight gain (GWG) outside of the Institute of Medicine recommendations is a modifiable risk factor for pregnancy complications, regardless of a woman’s pre-pregnancy body mass index. Objectives: Given that not all prenatal healthcare providers (HCPs) …
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A Behavioral Health Intervention for Decreasing Weight Gain in First Year University Students
… to improve health behaviors and decrease weight gain among first-year university students, utilizing a health risk appraisal (HRA), telephone health coaching, and monthly health-related emails. The HRA assessed and provided individualized feedback for several behavioral health risk …
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A qualitative study of obese pregnant women’s understanding of weight gain in pregnancy.
… is to explore the understanding of gestational weight gain amongst obese pregnant women. A secondary aim is to identify obese pregnant women's view of their behaviour in order to help identify appropriate care pathways for them. By directly talking to women, the study sought to discover what …
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