The composition of weight change has a large impact on energy balance calculations. Composition of long-term weight change interventions is well-documented, but information on short-term weight change under unrestricted free-living conditions is limited. The composition and energy density of the changes in body weight during 2-week free-living conditions were analyzed in adults from two cohorts...

CONTEXT Zonisamide is a marketed antiepileptic drug that has serotonergic and dopaminergic activity in addition to blockade of sodium and calcium channels. Weight loss was an adverse effect associated with zonisamide treatment in epilepsy clinical trials. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of zonisamide for weight loss in obese adults. DESIGN AND SETTING Sixteen-week randomized, double-blin...

this study was carried out to investigate the direct and indirect responses to selection for four-week body weight (4 week body (wk bw)) and four-week breast weight (4 week breast weight (wk brw)) and to determine the genetic contribution of reminder founders to the last generation. a total number of 351 birds were equally allocated to three lines, including two selected lines (s1 and s2 for bw...

A total number of two hundred day-old quails of mixed sexes were assessed for body weight, wing length, thigh length and breast girth from third week to the tenth week of age. Analyzed data showed that there was highly significant (P<0.01) house x sex interaction effects on live body weight. This means that body weight is house and sex dependent. Male and female birds reared inside the cage wer...

Beef heifers, 13 months old, were fed to achieve high (7.6 +/- 0.2 units) or low (3.9 +/- 0.1 units) body condition by feeding them one of two diets for 20 weeks. During week 17 of the growth phase, all heifers were ovariectomized. From week 20 to week 27 (restriction phase), all heifers were fed a daily diet containing 0.071 MJ metabolizable energy kg-1 body weight. At weekly intervals through...

the aim of the present study was to determine the effects of adenotonsillectomy on height, weight and body mass index (bmi) in children under 12 years old, with or without airway obstruction and evaluation of the risk of overweight in them. in this case-control study, 120 children with the age of 2-12 years old were studied; 60 children as case group who underwent adenotonsillectomy and 60 heal...

this research project was conducted to evaluate bioavailability and chemical properties of different zinc sources in broiler chickens when fed by practical diets. for that, 312 day-old male ross 308 broiler chicks were fed from 8-28 day to estimate the biological availability of four zinc sources. chicks were allocated randomly to 13 experimental diets in a 3 × 4 factorial design. diets include...

Objective To examine changes in weight and related outcomes in response to a commercial weight loss program compared to a self-directed diet in adults with overweight or obesity. Design Participants were randomly assigned [stratified by body mass index (BMI) and age] to a commercial weight loss program (n = 38) or to a self-directed Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet (n = 40)...

background: the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of exercise training on maximum aerobic capacity, resting heart rate (rhr), blood pressure and anthropometric variables of postmenopausal women with breast cancer. methods : twenty nine women with breast cancer who received surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy with current hormone therapy were divided into two groups; interventi...

The central melanocortin system is involved in the regulation of food intake and body weight. In this study, we investigated the effect of a 4-week intracerebroventricular infusion of the melanocortin receptor agonist MT-II and the selective melanocortin-4 receptor antagonist HS024 on food intake and body weight homeostasis. The MT-II-treated rats ate less and lost considerably more weight than...