OBJECTIVE To analyze the determinants for weight loss (> 5%) resulting from outpatient individual appointments. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A retrospective cohort study was conduct in 318 overweight/obese patients seeking individual care to lose weight. RESULTS Fifteen percent of the patients did not lose weight; 35.1% had lost < 5%; 35.4% had lost between 5 and 10%; and 13.9% had lost > 10%. Pati...

Computer models were used to simulate the feedlot segment of an integrated beef production system. Five breeds, Angus (A), Charolais (C), Hereford (H), Limousin (L), and Simmental (S), in three mating systems, pure-breeding and two- and three-breed rotational crossbreeding, were evaluated for feedlot and carcass performance. Breed data were taken from the literature. Feeder calves (steers and n...

The cotton seeds of Namangan-77, Sultan, S-8290, and S-8286 varieties were sown on May 5 with N-200, P-150, K-100 mineral fertilizers irrigated at 70-80-70% LFMC. When the 15, 58.4% was yielded in first harvest from compared to above varieties. Compared other varieties, an increase yield found be 1.3-13.5%. S-8290 15 due wind erosion natural disasters. Data 28.0 q/ha are given.

Rimonabant, a selective cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor antagonist, has been shown to reduce weight and enhance improvements in cardiometabolic risk parameters in Western populations. This study assessed these effects of rimonabant in Asian population. A total of 643 patients (BMI 25 kg/m(2) or greater without diabetes) from China, Republic of Korea, and Taiwan were prescribed a hypocaloric diet (...

We carried out a prospective, continuous study on 529 patients who underwent primary total knee replacement between January 2006 and December 2007 at a major teaching hospital. The aim was to investigate weight change and the functional and clinical outcome in non-obese and obese groups at 12 months post-operatively. The patients were grouped according to their pre-operative body mass index (BM...

OBJECTIVES To determine the effects of lipid based nutritional supplements with either whey or soy protein in patients with HIV during the first three months of antiretroviral treatment (ART) and to explore effects of timing by comparing supplementation at the start of ART and after three months delay. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Three public ART facilities in Jimma, Oromia ...

Two experiments were conducted to determine if feeding melatonin alters plasma concentrations of melatonin, growth and carcass composition of postpubertal beef heifers exposed to 16 h light (L):8 h dark (D). In Exp. 1, 16 heifers were blocked by initial body weight (318 +/- 5.6 kg). Four heifers were killed before starting the melatonin treatment to obtain initial carcass composition. Six heife...

INTRODUCTION The Third National Health and Morbidity Survey Malaysia 2006 includes a nutritional status assessment of children. This study aimed to assess the inter- and intra-examiner reliability, the technical error of measurement and the validity of instruments for measuring weight, height and waist circumference. METHODS A convenience sample of 130 adults working in a selected office sett...