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Influence of gender roles and rising food prices on poor, pregnant women's eating and food provisioning practices in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Rashid, Sabina F., Willows, Noreen, Mumtaz, Zubia, Levay, Adrienne V.
Background Maternal malnutrition in Bangladesh is a persistent health issue and is the product of a number of complex factors, including adherence to food 'taboos’ and a patriarchal gender order that limits women’s mobility and decision-making. The recent global food price crisis is also...
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2014-08-01
Park, Jung Hyun, Suh, Minyoung, Satam, Dnyanada, Lee, Hoon Joo
Due to increased pressures arising from technological advancements, new product design and development has become essential in many areas, including the sportswear sector. Recently, sports activities rely on emerging technologies to develop textiles that have high performance value and varied...
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Letter to the Editor: Comment on 'Diet quality index as a predictor of treatment efficacy in overweight and obese adolescents: The EVASYON study'
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Orsso, Camila E., Ripka, Wagner L., Prado, Carla M.
Originally published in Clinical Nutrition: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2020.02.010
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Methods for body composition analysis in obese adults/Métodos de análise da composição corporal em obesos
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Gomes, Aline C., Prado, Carla M., de Souza, Rávila G. M., Mota, João F.
The analysis of body composition in obese individuals has been intensively discussed due to the methodological limitations of most measurement methods. The aim of this thematic section was to clarify the characteristics, advantages, and limitations of methods of body composition evaluation in...
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2009-05-28
Fergenbaum, Jennifer H., Bruce, Sharon, Lou, Wendy, Hanley, Anthony J.G., Greenwood, Carol, Young, T. Kue
"The association between obesity, other cardiovascular risk factors, and cognitive function in a Canadian First Nations population was investigated using a cross‐sectional design. Eligible individuals were aged ≥18 years, without a history of stroke, nonpregnant, with First Nations status, and...
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2011
Bruce, Sharon G., Riediger, Natalie D., Zacharias, James M., Young, T. Kue
"Introduction: Rates of obesity are higher among Canada’s Aboriginal First Nations populations than among non-First Nations populations. We studied obesity and obesity-related illness in a Manitoba First Nation community. Methods: We conducted a screening study of diabetes and diabetes...
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2006-01-01
Ng, Carmina, Marshall, Dru, Willows, Noreen D.
Objectives. To describe the levels of obesity, adiposity measures, physical activity and fitness in Cree children aged 9-12 years. Study Design. Cross-sectional survey. Methods. The study took place in northern Quebec, Canada. Height, body mass, waist circum- ference and five skinfold thicknesses...
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2011
Bergen, Werner G., Fernyhough, Melinda E., Hausman, Gary J., Dodson, Mike V., Du, Min, Mir, Priya S., Guan, Leluo, Jiang, Zhihua
Obesity and metabolic syndromes are examples whereby excess energy consumption and energy flux disruptions are causative agents of increased fatness. Because other, as yet elucidated, cellular factors may be involved and because potential treatments of these metabolic problems involve systemic...
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2014
Prado, C. M., Ormsbee, M. J., Ilich, J. Z., Panton, L. , Siervo, M., Folsom, A., Purcell, S.
Osteopenia/osteoporosis, sarcopenia, and obesity are commonly observed in the process of aging, and recent evidence suggests a potential interconnection of these syndromes with common pathophysiology. The term osteosarcopenic obesity has been coined to describe the concurrent appearance of...
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2005
Obesity is a condition of excessive body fat to an extent that health may be compromised. Overweight children have high weight for their height and may be at risk for obesity and its complications. In Canada, children are classified as obese or overweight based on their body mass index (BMI),...