Submissions tagged with Body Mass Index
(5 documents)
The Relationship between Physical Activity and Body Mass Index: Issues in Model Specification
Objective: To investigate the best statistical models that describe the effect of physical activity on BMI.Design: Cross-sectional analyses of physical activity and BMI data. Subjects: 10…
Received 31 March 2009 21:34 UTC; Posted 01 April 2009
Posted to: Developmental Biology
Tracking patterns of body mass index and triceps skinfold thickness from childhood to young adulthood: a 12-year prospective cohort study in Slovenia
OBJECTIVE: To examine tracking patterns of body mass index (BMI), triceps skinfold thickness (TSF), height and weight from childhood to young adulthood in a rapidly developing society.DESIGN: Prosp…
Received 24 February 2009 10:45 UTC; Posted 24 February 2009
Posted to: Developmental Biology
Money handling influences BMI: a survey of cashiers
Money is a recent phenomenon in the evolutionary history of man and therefore no separate brain centre to handle money is likely to have evolved. The brain areas activated by food reward and money …
Received 22 December 2008 04:51 UTC; Posted 22 December 2008
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Ecology, Neuroscience
Weight change and quality of life in a community-based population
Objectives: This study investigates the longitudinal association between 5-year weight change and quality of life (QoL) in Dutch men and women.Design: A prospective cohort study (1998, 2000…
Received 29 November 2008 23:24 UTC; Posted 02 December 2008
Posted to: Neuroscience
Gender Differential in the Association of Body Mass Index and Abdominal Obesity with Prehypertension and Hypertension in Iranian Adults
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the gender differential in the relationship of body mass index (BMI) and abdominal obesity with blood pressure (BP) and prevalence of hypertensio…
Received 24 April 2008 11:34 UTC; Posted 24 April 2008
Posted to: Ecology
