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Showing 1 to 20 of 79 for “"Weight control"”.
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Optimizing log truck payload through improved weight control
… relatively closely by external sources. Load weight is the focal point of the attention received by log hauling. The optimization of load weights is therefore very important to a logging operation's success and this can be achieved only through adequate gross vehicle weight control. Methods of …
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Weight control for low-income black and Hispanic women
Small-scaled studies of a free weight control program for low-income, low-literate black women were conducted with intact groups from a literacy program or a recreational center. The program was then modified, translated into Spanish, and pilot-tested with Hispanic women at two churches. The 11 …
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Body Weight Perceptions and Weight Control Behavior Among Adult Bermudians
<p><strong>Background.</strong> Overweight and obesity is a serious public health concern that has major consequences on health and quality of life. As of 2006, 64% of adults in Bermuda were overweight or obese. There remains a gap in the literature related to how adult Bermudians perceive their …
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The Prevalence and Treatment of Obesity in Adolescence (Weight Control)
… for obese children who do not attain normal weight by the end of adolescence and the high incidence of obesity in children make adolescent obesity a major public health problem. The prevalence of obesity in a local population of 12 and 13 year-olds was 19% or greater as determined by a health …
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Winning at All Costs?: The Weight-Control Behaviors of Student Athletes
… of this study was to explore student athletes' weight-control behaviors. Data consisted of student athletes' responses to a modified version of the Michigan State Weight-Control Survey (Dummer, Rosen, Heusner, Roberts, & Counsilman, 1987). Specifically, the study was designed to explore the …
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The effect of a verbal framing variable in a weight control program
Two versions of a six month weight control program were developed. A "behavioral" version used traditional behavioral terminology. This program was then modified to produce a "vivid" program using anecdotal material and examples drawn from the community. Terminology in the vividly framed program …
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Double Consciousness and Unhealthy Weight Control Behaviors in Young Black and White Adults
… and in turn developing unhealthy eating and weight control behaviors. Double consciousness, a racially/ethnically sensitive measure of body dissatisfaction, was tested as a mediator of the relation between ethnic identity and unhealthy eating and weight control behaviors in Black and White …
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Two Emotional Factors and Weight Loss Among Females Attending a Weight Control Class
… was conducted on twenty-four females attending a weight control class to discover the effect of weight loss upon levels of self-esteem and anxiety, as an understanding of the relation of these factors to reduction and control of weight would prove helpful to community health nurses in counseling …
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The Effect of Weight Misperception and Contextual Factors on Weight Control Among Young Adults
Background: Overweight and obesity is a significant public health problem in the United States. Young adulthood is a particularly vulnerable period for excess weight gain and development of overweight/obesity. Although standard behavioral weight control programs can produce clinically significant …
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Individual Differences in Eating Behaviours and Their Relationship with Motivation, Cognition and Weight Control
… percentage of the UK population are overweight (BMI≥25kg/m2) or obese (BMI≥30kg/m2). However, despite living in the same culture and exposed to a similar “obesogenic” environment, some individuals gain weight while others do not (French et al., 1995). This variability in weight control …
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An evaluation of social-cognitive factors in dietary restraint, smoking, and weight control smoking
… variables in restrained eating, smoking, and weight control smoking. Overall, the results indicated Significant main effects of dietary restraint and smoking on dieting- and smoking-related social-cognitive variables. In addition, there were significant group differences for several …
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The lived experience of Diabulimia. Individuals with Type 1 Diabetes using insulin for weight control
… restriction of insulin for the purposes of weight loss in individuals with Type 1 Diabetes Mellites (T1DM). Diabulimia can be life-threatening, and prevalence rates in T1DM are high, yet there is a lack of research exploring how best to support individuals with this difficulty. Currently, …
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Fit Freshmen: A mixed methods approach to developing weight control strategies for 1st year college students
College-age adults gain weight more rapidly than the general population, with a mean weight gain of ~1.8 to 4 kilograms during their first year at college. The purpose of this pilot RCT was to test the efficacy of a semester long internet weight-loss program based upon social cognitive theory for …
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Evaluating a comprehensive weight control programme for obesity management : the consideration of psychological factors in treatment outcome
… groups is striking, however, as yet no formal weight loss clinics exist in either outpatient or primary health care settings in this country. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a 24-week comprehensive behavioural weight management programme (CWCP) for outpatients, paying …
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The Relationship between Eating Disorders, Weight Control Methods, and Body Satisfaction in Elite Female Runners Competing at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials
… the general population. Various training styles, weight periodization, and presence of eating disorder (ED) may affect energy availability. This study investigated the relationship between lifetime prevalence of ED with training, body satisfaction, and weight-control methods among elite female …
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Analysis of Weight-Related Advertisements and Nutrition Articles in Popular Women's Magazines
… of this study was to discover whether the weight-related messages and themes from food advertisements in women's magazines reinforce or contradict the messages communicated in nutrition-related articles focusing on weight control within the same magazines.</p> <p>Design: Content analysis of …
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Body image in middle school students
… their level of body image, their practice of weight-control behaviors, and the various potential influences on these areas. The results showed that this particular population had a higher level of body image than previous studies indicate. It also showed that students at this age are engaging …
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Maintenance of Weight Loss
The problem. Behavioral weight control programs have been successful in creating short-term weight losses for obese clients. When the client-therapist relationship is ended, clients quickly regain weight lost during training. Teaching clients those skills necessary for continued or maintained …
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Robust Biased Brownian Dynamics for Rate Constant Calculation
… Brownian dynamics, biased Brownian dynamics with weight control, is developed to overcome the high energy and entropy barriers in biomolecular association reactions. The biased Brownian dynamics steers sampling by a biasing force, and the weight control algorithm controls sampling by a target …
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