[This corrects the article on p. 431 in vol. 7, PMID: 27092153.].

The diversity of ways in which parasites reduce the fitness of their hosts has been documented during the past decades, and clearly indicates that parasites can often be considered as direct agents of selection. In natural systems, however, the outcome of a host-parasite interaction might be strongly determined by other ecological factors. Parasites can be detrimental to host fitness in one env...

Heribert Illig, Das erfundene Mittelalter. Die größte Zeitfälschung der Geschichte, Düsseldorf (Econ) 1996. 431 S., mehrere Abb. und Karten.

DOI:10.1097/YCO.0000000000000104 Most studies on the epidemiology of eating disorders have focused on young females in Western countries, being the high-risk group for the development of eating disorders. However, eating disorders do occur in older women and in men and they also do occur in persons in nonwestern countries, as the reviews in this issue show [Raevuori et al. (pp. 426–430), Mangwe...

A cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among 431 Bengalee schoolgirls aged 6-9 years in Kolkata, India. Anthropometric measurements of height and weight were made on 431 girls. The body mass index (BMI) was computed following the standard equation. Overweight and obesity was defined following the internationally accepted BMI cut-off points. ...