Excess fat mass estimated by waist-circumference-to-height ratio predicts the risk of liver damage better than body mass ...

Excess fat mass estimated by waist circumference-to-height ratio predicts the risk of liver damage better than body mass ...

The average woman's weight can vary depending on age, physical traits, certain health conditions, metabolism, appetite, and ...

Waist-to-height ratio had a better predictive value than BMI in assessing liver fibrosis and steatosis outcomes across ages and racial groups.

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to most adult men and women ... An African-American with a BMI of 28, considered overweight by the standard chart ...

Methods: Cross-sectional data on height and sitting height were collected from 14 500 children of Dutch origin in the age range 0–21 years. Reference SD charts were constructed by the LMS method.

Design: A reference chart for relative weight change was constructed by the LMS method. The reference group was obtained by a retrospective cohort study. Participants: 1544 healthy, exclusively breast ...

Postnatal weight loss is described in preterm infants with a reported to drop across marked centile lines in early life. Current practice is to plot infants on growth charts based on cross-sectional ...

Contributed by Peter T. Ellison, March 14, 2018 (sent for review October 9, 2017; reviewed by Michael Muehlenbein and Barbara A. Piperata) ...

Increasing access to weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro ... “If the government is looking to improve health and drive economic growth, tackling obesity - as part of a wider ...

as many erupted teeth as full-term and normal weight babies as long as their growth has reached a an accelerated pace to the point where his/her height and age appropriate represents a higher ...

Objective We performed a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression to determine if dietary protein supplementation augments resistance exercise training (RET)-induced gains in muscle mass ...