BACKGROUND Increased requirement and decreased dietary intakes of micronutrients during pregnancy might affect maternal health and pregnancy outcomes. This study was aimed to examine the effects of two types of multiple micronutrient supplementations on pregnancy outcomes in Kashan, Iran. METHODS In a randomized single-blind controlled clinical trial, 104 primigravid singleton pregnant women ...

BACKGROUND Waist circumference threshold values used in sub-Saharan Africa correspond to those of European populations and are therefore inappropriate. Thus, they may over predict insulin resistance, especially in hypertensive Africans, in whom there is often no association between blood pressure and insulin resistance. Using bioelectrical impedance measurement in sub-Saharan Africa could possi...

BACKGROUND The "obesity paradox" is defined as an inverse association of good health, survival and obesity. Usually in healthy persons the more obese you are the more metabolic complications you have; however, thin patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have more cardiovascular complications and a higher mortality rate. OBJECTIVES To explore whether atherosclerosis and per...

Worldwide, lung cancer in never-smokers is ranked the seventh most common cause of cancer death; however, the etiology of lung cancer in never-smokers is unclear. We investigated associations for body mass index (BMI) at various ages, waist circumference, hip circumference, and physical activity with lung cancer in 158,415 never-smokers of the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. Multivariable hazar...

this study was focused on the effect of wattle trait on body sizes and scrotal dimensions of traditionally reared wad bucks in the derived savannah environment. data were collected from 153 bucks ranging from 4 months to 2 years of age and this included, scrotal length, scrotal circumference, body weight, height at withers, body length and chest girth. parameters for wattle traits included, wat...

background: obesity is a worldwide health problem which is associated with a lot of complications. one of these comorbidities is the metabolic syndrome that is in correlation with abdominal fat thickness and waist circumference. various methods were used to reduce abdominal fat thickness such as liposuction. a noninvasive method is the topical agent. in this study, we investigated the effective...

BACKGROUND Many interfering factors may reduce the reliability of waist circumference (WC) measurement in estimating the risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated with obesity. Therefore, we determined the independent associations of para- and perirenal ultrasonographic fat thickness with the main markers of kidney function. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed in 151 type-2 d...

The aims of this study were to identify the morphometric measurements and body weights Thin-tailed ewe, examine qualitative characteristics ewe close relationship between weight other measurements. This used 40 female Ewe aged under 1 year. method was purposive sampling. Parameters observed face length, ear chest circumference, width, depth, shoulder height, hip front leg hind tail length weigh...

previous studies have indicated that fish oil intake wi1l improve semen quality in some mammals and birds. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of dietary fish oil on reproductive performance in ram. eight zandi rams were divided into two groups and fed either a control diet or a supplemented diet with fish oil. both of the diets were isocaloric and isonitrogenous and formulated ...