OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of immunization with prokaryotically expressed recombinant fusion protein of extracellular near-transmembrane domain of Tibet minipig leptin receptor (OBR) on fat deposition in SD rats. METHODS A pair of specific primers containing BamHI and HindIII restriction enzyme sites was designed to amplify the extracellular near-transmembrane domain (1705-2364 bp) o...

a 42-d trial with 400 unsexed broiler chicks (cobb 500) was conducted to study the effects of licorice (glycyrrhizaglabra) extract and an antibiotic-lincomycin- on performance abdominal fat and weights of selected internal organs, blood metabolites immunity system response. the feeding program consisted of a starter diet (1-21) d of age and a grower diet (22-42) d of age. chicks were randomly a...

OBJECTIVE Body fat redistribution ('lipodystrophy'), with gain in abdominal and trunk fat, and decline in facial and limb fat, is a newly recognized problem in patients with HIV infection that has been linked to use of HIV-1 protease inhibitors. Increased abdominal fat may predispose these patients to hypertension, diabetes, and coronary artery disease. At this time no effective treatment is av...

Cardiovascular diseases are a growing public health problem that affects most people over the age of 65 years and abdominal obesity is one of the risk factors for the development of these diseases. There are several methods that can be used to measure body fat, but their accuracy needs to be evaluated, especially in specific populations such as the elderly. The aim of this study was to assess t...

Calcium (Ca(2+)) intake may play a role in the regulation of body weight. Increased Ca(2+) intake has been associated with lower body weight, BMI, and adiposity measures in cross-sectional studies. We examined the association between Ca(2+) intake, derived from the Willett FFQ, and overall and abdominal adiposity in Black and White men and women of the HERITAGE Family Study. BMI, the percentage...

Fatty acid-binding proteins (FABP) belong to a superfamily of lipid binding proteins that exhibit a high affinity for long chain fatty acids and appear to function in metabolism and intracellular transportation of lipids. The current study was designed to investigate the effects of the adipocyte (A)-FABP gene on chicken growth and body composition traits. Two F2 resource populations were used i...

OBJECTIVE To investigate body fat composition, measured by bioelectrical impedance assay (BIA), for predicting the presence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). Body fat composition was also compared with other well-known OSAHS predictors such as body mass index (BMI), neck circumference, and abdominal visceral fat. STUDY DESIGN A prospective study was designed. ...

We investigated the effect of exercise training on body composition change in women. Nineteen Mexican-American and 18 Korean premenopausal overweight/obese women were randomized into one of the following groups: control, low-intensity training group (LI), and high-intensity training group (HI). Subjects completed 12 weeks of training at 50-56% maximal oxygen consumption (LI) or 65-70% maximal o...

This study aimed to the role of PPARs on fat deposition in native crossbred chicken. We studied growth, abdominal, subcutaneous, and intramuscular fat, mRNA expression PPARA PPARG adipose muscle tissues four chicken breeds (CH breed (100% Thai chicken), KM1 (50% CH background), KM2 (25% broiler (BR)). The result shows that BR chickens had higher abdominal than other (p < 0.05) an percentage ...