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Body Weight
Known as:
weighting
, Weight, Body
, Weights, Body
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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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Body weight ideal:Mass:Point in time:^Patient:Quantitative
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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.
A. Chiolero
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D. Faeh
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F. Paccaud
,
J. Cornuz
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2008
Corpus ID: 4432741
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.
L. Heilbronn
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Steven R Smith
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Corby K. Martin
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S. Anton
,
E. Ravussin
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2005
Corpus ID: 4491148
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
C. Slentz
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B. Duscha
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+6 authors
W. Kraus
2004
Corpus ID: 73351828
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
M. Westerterp-Plantenga
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M. Lejeune
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I. Nijs
,
M. V. Ooijen
,
E. Kovacs
International Journal of Obesity
2004
Corpus ID: 1952644
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
Effects of a 16-month randomized controlled exercise trial on body weight and composition in young, overweight men and women: the Midwest Exercise Trial.
J. Donnelly
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J. Hill
,
+14 authors
R. Washburn
Archives of Internal Medicine
2003
Corpus ID: 33716622
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
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Genetic relationships among body condition score, body weight, milk yield, and fertility in dairy cows.
D. Berry
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F. Buckley
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P. Dillon
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R. Evans
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M. Rath
,
R. Veerkamp
Journal of Dairy Science
2003
Corpus ID: 25440603
Genetic (co)variances between body condition score (BCS), body weight (BW), milk production, and fertility-related traits were…
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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.
W. Demark-Wahnefried
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B. Peterson
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+5 authors
B. Rimer
Journal of Clinical Oncology
2001
Corpus ID: 20588398
PURPOSE Weight gain is a common problem among breast cancer patients who receive adjuvant chemotherapy (CT). We undertook a study…
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Review
1999
Review
1999
Body weight, body mass index, and incident symptomatic osteoarthritis of the hand, hip, and knee.
S. Oliveria
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D. Felson
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P. A. Cirillo
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J. Reed
,
A. Walker
Epidemiology
1999
Corpus ID: 19719059
Studies have shown a positive association between obesity and knee osteoarthritis. Studies evaluating hand or hip osteoarthritis…
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Recombinant leptin for weight loss in obese and lean adults: a randomized, controlled, dose-escalation trial.
S. Heymsfield
,
A. Greenberg
,
+8 authors
M. Mccamish
JAMA
1999
Corpus ID: 8580542
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.
G. de Simone
,
S. Daniels
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+4 authors
M. Alderman
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
1992
Corpus ID: 19374512
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