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Body Weight

Known as: weighting, Weight, Body, Weights, Body 
The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.
National Institutes of Health

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Anatomic structuresBody ConstitutionBody SizeBody measure procedure
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Obesity

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Review
2008
Review
2008
Consequences of smoking for body weight, body fat distribution, and insulin resistance.
Our aim was to critically evaluate the relations among smoking, body weight, body fat distribution, and insulin resistance as… 
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Alternate-day fasting in nonobese subjects: effects on body weight, body composition, and energy metabolism.
BACKGROUND Prolonged dietary restriction increases the life span in rodents. Some evidence suggests that alternate-day fasting… 
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Effects of the Amount of Exercise on Body Weight, Body Composition, and Measures of Central Obesity STRRIDE—A Randomized Controlled Study
Background Obesity is a major health problem due, in part, to physical inactivity. The amount of activity needed to prevent… 
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
High protein intake sustains weight maintenance after body weight loss in humans
BACKGROUND: A relatively high percentage of energy intake as protein has been shown to increase satiety and decrease energy… 
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Genetic relationships among body condition score, body weight, milk yield, and fertility in dairy cows.
Genetic (co)variances between body condition score (BCS), body weight (BW), milk production, and fertility-related traits were… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Effects of a 16-month randomized controlled exercise trial on body weight and composition in young, overweight men and women: the Midwest Exercise Trial.
BACKGROUND In light of the current obesity epidemic, treatment models are needed that can prevent weight gain or provide weight… 
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Changes in weight, body composition, and factors influencing energy balance among premenopausal breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy.
PURPOSE Weight gain is a common problem among breast cancer patients who receive adjuvant chemotherapy (CT). We undertook a study… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Body weight, body mass index, and incident symptomatic osteoarthritis of the hand, hip, and knee.
Studies have shown a positive association between obesity and knee osteoarthritis. Studies evaluating hand or hip osteoarthritis… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Recombinant leptin for weight loss in obese and lean adults: a randomized, controlled, dose-escalation trial.
CONTEXT The protein hormone leptin is important to the homeostatic regulation of body weight. Treatment with exogenous leptin may… 
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Left ventricular mass and body size in normotensive children and adults: assessment of allometric relations and impact of overweight.
OBJECTIVES This study was designed to determine the most appropriate method to normalize left ventricular mass for body size… 
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