Despite the existence of a large body literature on business model innovation (BMI), comprehensive empirical reviews antecedents and outcomes BMI are limited. This study develops theoretical framework carries out meta-analysis studies to investigate relationships among BMI, its antecedents, firm performance. The results validate significant positive association between external internal BMI. Li...

The purpose of this study was to examine the interaction of childhood height and childhood BMI in the prediction of young adult BMI. The 2,802 subjects in this study were from the Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH). The subjects' heights and weights were measured in 3rd grade (mean age 8.7 years) and again in 12th grade (mean age 18.3 years). The associations and inter...

OBJECTIVE Surgical treatment of extreme obesity may be appropriate for some adolescents. We hypothesized that surgical weight loss outcomes may differ by preoperative level of extreme obesity (body mass index [BMI] > or=99th percentile). STUDY DESIGN A longitudinal assessment of clinical characteristics from 61 adolescents who underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass at a single pediat...

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Background: Menstruation is a nearly universal experience in women’s lives that are considered indicators of women’s health more generally. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between Menarche age and Body Mass Index in high school girl students in Mashhad city in the year 2011.Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study that carried on 407 high-school femal...

This study aimed to investigate the impact of body mass index (BMI) on the short-term and long-term results of a large cohort of gastric cancer (GC) patients undergoing gastrectomy.Recently, the "obesity paradox" has been proposed, referring to the paradoxically "better" outcomes of overweight and obese patients compared with nonoverweight patients. The associations between BMI and surgical out...

conclusions in the newly set up center similar to the older one, surgical treatment in our follow up duration was effective for reducing weight, body mass index reduction and achievement of success in biochemical markers on diabetics. results during follow up time after 276 days mean weight decreased from 118.7 ± 23.3 to 82.9 ± 15.7, p < 0.001 bmi also changed from 45.2 ± 1.8 to 32.2 ± 1.3, p <...