Dietary intake, either through specific nutrients or representative food groups, can influence obesity-related oxidative stress markers. This study evaluated the potential associations between vitamin A intake and several anthropometrical, biochemical and dietary features in healthy young adults, emphasizing the putative relationships between total antioxidant consumption and vitamin A intake. ...

The present cross-sectional study was undertaken with the aim of establishing norms for birth weight, crown heel length, and head circumference of the newborns in the population of Karachi. It was conducted in four public and private hospitals of Karachi, covering middle to low-income areas during a period of 2 years. There were 404 mothers and their babies included in this study that fulfilled...

OBJECTIVE To compare the metabolic cardiovascular risk factors of obese patients after weight loss and 4-year weight loss maintenance afterwards against a matched control group of subjects with a stable body weight and without history of weight loss. METHOD 50 obese non-diabetic subjects in the study group who previously lost 10% or more of their weight and afterwards entered a 4-year weight ...

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome (OSAS) is a disorder characterized by repetitive complete or partial upper airway collapse occurring during sleep. OSAS leads to adverse medical conditions, including hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and insulin resistance . OSAS is estimated to be 7.5 per cent in males between 35-65 yr of age in the urban Indian population. Obesity is the most imp...

this study aimed to evaluate the reliability factors, and identify causes of error in direct anthropometry method. after training three beginner anthropometrists and following the instructions of anthropometric standards, 48 body dimensions of 42 male students were measured three times. in other words, the physical dimensions of each subject were measured for 9 times. all participants were wear...