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Overweight Vehicle Permitting Alternatives
<p>Overweight vehicles exceed the federal and/or state statutory limits for either the gross vehicle weight (GVW) or the weight of individual axles or axle groups. National and state limits on vehicle weights were established to preserve the highway infrastructure. Past research has shown that …
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Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Overweight and Non-Overweight Children with Asthma.
… the number of children and adolescents who are overweight has more than doubled. Currently, an estimated 18 percent of children and adolescents ages 6-19 years are overweight. Following this trend in childhood overweight, there has been an alarming increase in the number of children with asthma …
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Youth Pitching Kinematics: Associations with Body Overweight Parameters
… between injury-related kinematic parameters and overweight measures for youth baseball pitchers. The injury-related kinematic parameters considered were measurements 1) at foot contact: stride length, front foot position, shoulder external rotation, shoulder abduction, and elbow flexion; 2) …
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Examination of Adolescent Physical Activity and Overweight Levels
Research suggests declines in physical activity may occur after age 12. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between adolescent physical activity, BMI, and nutrition. Adolescents, ages 12-17 (N = 223), wore pedometers for 11 consecutive days and completed a nutrition survey, …
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Physiological And Perceptual Responses To Alternate Modes Of Exercise At Self Selected Or Prescribed Intensity Between Overweight And Non-Overweight Individuals
… (n=80, 21.18 ± 1.52 years) classified as either overweight or non-overweight participated. Individuals completed two sessions separated by 72 hours. Session 1 included familiarization, whole body DXA scan, treadmill test to exhaustion, and a 70 foot walk test to determine self selected walking …
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The Impact of Interval Intensity in Overweight Young Men
Considering the increasing global prevalence of overweight and obesity and their propensity for disease, this study was undertaken in an attempt to optimize exercise prescription for this at-risk group by determining if the benefits associated with interval training occur in an intensity dependent …
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Analyzing the demographic factors affecting overweight and obese dogs
… Prevention reported that 59% of U.S. dogs are overweight or obese (APOP, 2022). With an estimated 84 to 89 million dogs inhabiting 45% of U.S. households, increasing dog ownership underscores the need for effective obesity mitigation strategies (AVMA Pet Ownership and Demographics Sourcebook, …
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Overweight-related victimisation in pre-adolescent boys and girls
… previous work and investigate the frequency of overweight-related victimisation and its psychological correlates in preadolescent boys and girls. It was hypothesised that victimised children would have lower self-esteem, more body dissatisfaction, and be more likely to report dieting to lose …
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THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF FOUR OVERWEIGHT HISPANIC ADOLESCENT FEMALES
… was to understand the lived experiences of four overweight/obese Hispanic adolescents as individuals by utilizing Social Cognitive Theory’s (SCT) (Bandura, 1977, 1986, & 1989) reciprocal interaction of the environment, personal factors and behaviors of the participants in order to investigate the …
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Exploring self-concept in women with overweight or obesity
Overweight and obesity remain pressing issues, with numbers increasing globally (World Health Organisation, 2021). The literature review highlights the intricate causes and factors involving this. Most treatments focus their attention on the physiological facts that excess weight contributes to …
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Distress among Parents of Overweight Children with Developmental Disabilities
… weight status. We aimed to examine whether child overweight status predicted parental distress, above and beyond factors typically predictive of parenting stress in this population. Child factors examined in this study included weight status, behavioral problems, and social skills. We hypothesized …
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Camp-Based Intervention for Overweight Children with Developmental Disabilities
… diagnosed with mild to moderate IDD and were overweight. Based on demand, practicality, implementation, and acceptability, camp-based intervention appeared to be feasible for this population. There were no significant changes in child BMI, hours of physical activity, or parental feeding …
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The Association between Breast Feeding and Being Overweight in Children
Purpose: Obesity/Overweight in children is an epidemic and the most common disorder of childhood in the developed world. Prevalence is increasing, leading to short- and long-term complications. Breastfeeding may protect against childhood obesity, but the debate is ongoing. The main purpose of this …
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Decelerated early growth in infants of overweight and obese mothers
Background: Maternal obesity and overweight now affect a majority of US pregnancies. Evidence indicates that excess maternal weight increases offspring risk of obesity. Patterns of infant weight gain and growth also impact obesity risk; however, the effects of maternal pre-pregnancy BMI on early …
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The effect of resistance training interventions in overweight and obese children
… and health of children who are obese or overweight, the majority of these programs have used aerobic-based interventions. Despite the abundant research on the role of which parents and schools can play in the prevention of obesity in children, the use of resistance training in youth and …
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Metabolic flexibility during exercise in overweight/obese children vs. lean children
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Differences in Running Mechanics Between Overweight/Obese and Healthy Weight Children
… mechanics between healthy weight (HW) and overweight/obese (OV/OB) children. We hypothesized that when compared to HW children, OV/OB children would display higher vertical loading, greater joint moments and greater joint angular impulses during running. We also expect decreased sagittal …
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Reproducibility and validity of two anaerobic threshold methodologies with overweight women
… training program on the AT. Twelve sedentary, overweight women participated in an 8 wk walk/jog program 3 dâ ¢wk⁻¹ at 70% VO<sub>2max</sub> with a concurrent hypocaloric diet. A computerized polynomial regression and four independent reviewers were used in an attempt to decrease the …
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