UNLABELLED There is a lack of studies concerning hydration status of young athletes exercising in the heat. PURPOSE To assess preexercise hydration status in young soccer players during a summer sports camp and to evaluate body- water balance after soccer training sessions. METHODS Initial hydration status was assessed in 107 young male soccer players (age 11-16 yr) during the 2nd day of th...

During a 4-year period, 152 female and 9 male patients underwent large-volume liposuction, with ages ranging from 19 to 65 years (mean of 36 years), with a weight previous to surgery between 57 and 126 kg (mean of 72 kg). Tumescent liposuction was done simultaneously by two surgeons in several corporal areas according to the necessities of each case. In 28 patients (17 percent), 500 ml of whole...

OBJECTIVE Few interventions have combined life-style and psychosocial approaches in the context of Type 2 diabetes management. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a multicomponent behavioral intervention on weight, glycemic control, renal function, and depressive symptoms in a sample of overweight/obese adults with Type 2 diabetes and marked depressive symptoms. METHODS A...

The aim of this study was to determine whether a sex difference exists in the association between birth weight and systolic blood pressure. A meta-analysis of all observational studies (n = 57) in which the study population contained both males and females and the association between birth weight and blood pressure was presented as a linear regression coefficient was undertaken. There were no d...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between adiposity measures and plasma concentration of high molecular weight (HMW) adiponectin. METHODS In a Chinese sample (n = 1081), we performed measurements of anthropometry and bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). We defined overweight and obesity as a body mass index between 24 and 27.4 kg/m² and ≥ 27.5 kg/m², respectively, and central obesi...

This study was conducted on a total of 776 goats (part Central highland goat breeds Ethiopia), 306 from Boset district Oromia region and 470 were Minjar Shenkora Amhara region. A format developed by using food agriculture organization discerption list used for recording morphological traits, bodyweight linear body measurements. Both qualitative quantitative traits recorded randomly sampled matu...

BACKGROUND The freshmen year of college is likely a critical period for risk of weight gain among young-adults. METHODS A longitudinal observational study was conducted to examine changes in weight, dietary intake, and other health-related behaviors among first-year college students (n = 186) attending a public University in the western United States. Weight was measured at the beginning and ...

The precise duration of therapy of multidrug-resistant (MDR) typhoid with broad-spectrum cephalosporins is uncertain. We prospectively randomized 57 children with culture-proven MDR typhoid to receive treatment with intravenous ceftriaxone (CRO) (65 mg/kg of body weight/day) for 7 days (short course; n = 29) or 14 days (conventional; n = 28). The response to therapy, as evaluated by the serial ...

Obesity has become one of the most important public health problems confronting industrialized nations. In 1997 the prevalence of obesity in Europe was 15%-20%. The situation in the USA was even worse. The concept of ideal body weight (IBW) originates from life insurance studies which describe the weight associated with the lowest mortality rate for a given height and gender. IBW can be estimat...