The present study examined the effect of feminist ascription on perceptions of the physical attractiveness of women ranging in body mass index (BMI). One-hundred and twenty-nine women who self-identified as feminists and 132 who self-identified as non-feminists rated a series of 10 images of women that varied in BMI from emaciated to obese. Results showed no significant differences between femi...

Abnormal eating behaviour among psychiatric patients is associated with several psychiatric conditions, but may also be caused by a comorbid physical condition. Clinical assessment of a psychiatric patient is often challenging, which contributes to an increased rate of undiagnosed medical conditions and an increased mortality rate. We present the clinical case of a 46-year-old woman with a long...

An epidemiological investigation into an "illthrift" problem occurring on a dairy farm adjacent to an alloy-processing unit, established that the probable cause of the problem was chronic vanadium poisoning. The disease manifested initially in animals 4-18 months old which showed emaciation, chronic diarrhoea and, in some cases, rhinitis, conjunctivitis and recumbency followed by death. Post-mo...

The Marine Animals Research & Intervention Network investigated the causes of death of marine mammals stranded on the continental coastline of the southern North Sea (Belgium and France, and selected cases of the Dutch coast). Since the end of the 1990s, a significant rise of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) strandings occurred in the area, annual stranding average being less than 50 porpoi...

Hydronephrosis occurs as a congenital or an acquired condition following obstruction of the urinary tract. In this study, a four month old male Holstein calf with emaciation, growth retardation and a poor dry scruffy hair coat was examined because of remarkable distention of right abdomen. At necropsy, right kidney was hydronephrotic as a very big fluid-filled round pelvis with the presence of ...

Acute nutritional problems occur due to caused by events in a short time. For example, disease outbreaks and lack of food (hunger) that causes emaciation. This is also what underlies the occurrence acute during Covid 19 pandemic. Food access directly affected urban communities, especially poor. One form system family security increase availability at household level, areas, namely farming syste...

Identifying causes of wildlife mortality can yield an understanding the factors that impact health. This is particularly significant for species are facing population declines because this information inform conservation and management practices. We evaluated bats in British Columbia, Canada, submitted to provincial veterinary laboratory between 2015 2020, assessed whether cause death varied by...