The objective of the study was to develop prediction equations for fat-mass percentage in infants in India based on skinfold thickness, mid-arm circumference, and age. Skinfold thicknesses and mid-arm circumference of 46 apparently-healthy infants (27 girls and 19 boys), aged 6-24 months, from among the urban poor attending a well baby clinic of a hospital in Kolkata were measured. Their body-f...

OBJECTIVE To study the role of age plays in the relationship between smoking status and obesity in both Chinese men and women. METHODS From Chinese Physical and Psychological Database, participants were divided into non-smokers, current smokers, and former smokers. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), fat percentage, fat mass, and fat free mass were measured. The mean, standard de...

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an often severely pruritic chronic inflammatory disease worsened by psychological stress. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) a sensory neuropeptide, which may cause pruritus. Earlier studies indicate special pathogenetic role for CGRP in AD. However, somewhat contradictory results regarding positive nerve fibers AD skin, have been reported. We studied skin biopsies...

Body composition is a determinant of performance in soccer. To estimate the body fat percentage (%BF), dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) effective though this method expensive and not readily accessible. This study examines validity widely used field methods based on anthropometric data bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). Participants were 21 male Spanish First Division soccer players ...

Obesity is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, yet is preventable. This study aimed to investigate associations between body mass index, body fat percentage and obesity-related eating behaviors. Women (n = 116; 18-44 years) were measured for height, weight and body fat using air displacement plethysmography (BodPod). Women completed the validated Three Factor Eating Questionnaire to ass...

Since nerve termini on Langerhans cells (LC) contain calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), and since ultraviolet B radiation (UVR) causes CGRP to be released from cutaneous nerve endings, we examined whether CGRP participates in the immune aberrations caused in skin by UVR. First, intradermally injected CGRP, in a dose-dependent manner, reduced LC density and impaired CH induction when hapten...