Fasting of second-day fifth instar larval Manduca sexta leads to a rapid decrease in hemolymph glucose concentration from 3.39+/-0.29 to 0.33+/-0.06 mM in 1 h, along with a decrease in the fructose-2,6-bisphosphate content in the fat body (from 5.92+/-0.31 to 2.80+/-0.47 nmol fructose-2,6-bisphosphate/g fat body in 3 h) and activation of fat body glycogen phosphorylase (from 16% to 55-65% phosp...

aim: this study focuses on the impact of contraceptive methods on weight gain among female athletes. clinical studies confirm that weight gain is often considered a side effect of hormonal contraceptives and many women think that an association exists; this is while, sports medicine and injuries’ studies report that this effect is still unclear. this comparative study was designed to dwell on t...

background: this was a cross-sectional study on the gender differences in weight-control behavior. the strategies used, weight status, weight satisfaction, and proportion of individuals attempting to lose weight among 233 government employees (104 men and 129 women) working in the federal government building in penang, malaysia, were assessed. methods: anthropometric indicators such as body mas...

In small animal veterinary practices, body condition score (BCS) is generally used to diagnose obesity. However, BCS does not constitute objective data. In this study, we investigated the value of using human body fat analysis software for male dogs. We also compared changes in body fat after neutering. Changes in body fat at the time of neutering (age 1 year) and 1 year later were compared by ...

A CLEVER AND INFORMATIVE PAPER by Lacy and Bartness (16) in this issue of the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology provides new data regarding the question of whether animals regulate their body content at a preferred level. Fifty years ago, Kennedy (15) proposed the existence of a “hypothalamic satiety mechanism” that served to prevent “an overall s...

1. In this study we investigated the relationship between serum leptin levels and body fat distribution in a random sample of women of widely ranging age and body mass index. Anthropometry and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry were used to measure body fat and its distribution. 2. Leptin levels (log transformed) were not significantly correlated with age, but were significantly positively correl...

background the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of endurance training accompanied by fasting on lipid profiles and body composition in men. material and methods twenty-six healthy male volunteer subjects participated in the study and were divided into fasting (f) and endurance training+ fasting (et+f) groups. et+f group exercised 3 times per week on treadmill during ramadan month...

Oral supplementation with potassium bromide (10, 20 and 40 ?g/ml) to fifth instar larvae of CSR2, CSR4 and CSR2xCSR4 crossbreed races of the silkworm, Bombyx mori resulted in a significant increase in the fat body glycogen in all the treated groups and in all the three races of the silkworm, B. mori. The fat body protein content was increased with 20 and 40 ?g/ml treated groups in CSR2 and CSR4...