introduction: obesity is a complex health problem. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of regular walking with alternate day fasting (adf) on health-related factors of overweight and obese females.‎  methods: 30 healthy inactive, overweight and obese women were divided randomly into three equal groups.  the groups were: control group (bmi: 30.72±4.40 kg/m2); the experimental grou...

The aim of this study was to compare whole and segmental body composition and bone mineral density of collegiate American football players by playing positions. Forty collegiate American football players voluntarily participated in this study. Participants were categorized by playing positions into one of five categories i.e., defensive linemen, offensive linemen, defensive secondary players, o...

A 31-year-old regularly menstruating Japanese female was referred to our outpatient clinic by a psychiatrist. She had been diagnosed as having gender identity disorder by detailed counseling and clinical intervention 3 years earlier. After obtaining fully informed written consent, we treated her with 125 mg of testosterone enanthate, intramuscularly, every 2 weeks for 4 months. Serum testostero...

The incidence of obesity which leads to insulin resistance (IR) and metabolic disorder increases in developing countries including Indonesia. Male adult has higher risk to have abdominal obesity than female which is associated with cardiometabolic disorders. Several anthropometric measurements have been proposed to predict IR. The aim of this study was to investigate whether body mass, body mas...

background: hyperlipidemia and overweight are more common problems in schizophrenic patients. in several studies showed the mortality in schizophrenic patients more than the general population. one of the most common problems is overweight. body mass index (bmi) more than 30 is also associated with the use of antipsychotic drugs in patients. this study was assessed to understand the association...

background: obesity is growing rapidly in our country. nutrition is an important associate of obesity. the aim of this study was to determine the association between fruit and vegetable intake with the waist circumference and the body mass index (bmi) among young female university students.   methods: this cross sectional study was conducted on 236 healthy female university students aged betwee...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether being overweight in childhood increases adult obesity and risk of disease. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING City of Newcastle upon Tyne. PARTICIPANTS 932 members of thousand families 1947 birth cohort, of whom 412 attended for clinical examination age 50. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Blood pressure; carotid artery intima-media thickness; fibrinogen concen...

The study analyzes the impact of a body fat mass onto body composition, as muscle mass, water mass, and bone mass of a body, and also onto such physical parameters, as the basal metabolic ratio (BMR), metabolic age, a bioimpedance in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The research included 58 people, of them 32 patients with NAFLD. There were studied anthropometrical indica...