OBJECTIVE In Morocco, the association between obesity/overweight and socio-demographic and lifestyle factors is poorly understood. The present study aimed to investigate this association in a representative sample of the Moroccan population aged 18 years and above. DESIGN This is a cross-sectional study using a questionnaire including demographic, socio-economic and physical activity items. H...

OBJECTIVE To assess the association of diet-related practices and BMI with diet quality in rural adults aged ≥74 years. DESIGN Cross-sectional. Dietary quality was assessed by the twenty-five-item Dietary Screening Tool (DST). Diet-related practices were self-reported. Multivariate linear regression models were used to analyse associations of DST scores with BMI and diet-related practices aft...

The purposes of this investigation were to determine: 1) whether a structured in-school physical education exercise bout altered the leg-to-leg bioelectrical impedance analysis (LBIA) determined percent body fat (%BF) value; and 2) whether the potential exercise-induced %BF magnitude of change altered the health risk classification of the child. Seventy-six girls (age: 12.2±1.0 yr; height: 153....

The incidence of hypertension was studied in two hundred male and female subjects engaged in low socioeconomic class occupations in a university village of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The mean age of the male subjects was 23 years and that of the female subjects was 25 years. The mean body mass index (BMI) for the male subjects was 22.7 kg/m2 and that of the females was 23.8 kg/m2. The m...

Quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QD-LEDs) have been considered as potential display technologies with the characterizations of high color purity, flexibility, transparency, and cost efficiency. For the practical applications, the development of heavy-metal-free QD-LEDs from environment-friendly materials is the most important issue to reduce the impacts on human health and environmental pollu...

Acknowledgement All praises to almighty Allah, whose enormous blessings give me strength and make me able to complete this thesis. I thank my honourable supervisor Mr. Rafiqul Matin for his kind support, and also honourable Dr. Sven-Erik Sandström for guidance throughout my thesis. His motivation was a source of inspiration for my thesis. Also thanks to Tele Talk Bangladesh Ltd. that provided t...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Tokat Region with demographic, socioeconomic and medical factors in the adult population. METHODS A sample was selected from the province of Tokat. A total of 5162 participants over 18 years (1885 women and 3277 men) were included in the study. Demographic factors, family history of selected medical conditions, and lifesty...

Background Prolonged sedentary behaviour is associated with poor health outcomes. Office workers often engage in excessive sedentary behaviour, however limited research reports on how this sedentary behaviour is accumulated. This study examines objectively measured patterns of prolonged sedentary behaviour in female office workers during weekdays and weekend days and across time of day. Metho...

Perceived contrast was measured under natural viewing conditions with the use of contrast-matching and magnitude-estimation paradigms and found to be independent of luminance over a range of luminances from 37.5 down to 8 cd/m2. However, this contrast constancy broke down when the dimmer target was below 8 cd/m2. The perceived contrast of the dimmer target then fell below that expected from con...