BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Different anatomical locations for measuring waist circumference are described in the literature but the best anatomical location for measuring waist circumference in older adults has yet to be established. Thus, an exploratory study was developed to examine which waist circumference best explains abdominal fat mass in older adults. METHODS Waist circumference was mea...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of one-month fasting along with yoga training on the body composition of novice female athletes. Twenty trained women were randomly assigned to experimental (n=10) and control (n=10) groups. The experimental group participated in yoga training classes for 4 weeks, two 60-min sessions per week; the control group did not participate in any r...

Rationale: the use of anti-TNFα therapy, such as Infliximab (IFX), in patients with Chron's disease (CD) can lead to changes body composition. Objective: evaluate composition and functional capacity CD. Method: Cross-sectional study CD clinical remission using IFX. For anthropometric evaluation, it was measured: weight, height waist circumference; by hand grip strength test bioelectric impedanc...

background: progeria syndrome is a very rare genetic disorder with an incidence of 1 in 8 million live births that is probably due to autosomal dominant mutation. clinical presentations show features of premature aging, growth failure, characteristic face, alopecia, loss of subcutaneous fat and stiffness of a joint that all become apparent during the 2nd year of life. the aim of this case repor...

nowadays, the use of natural antioxidants as alternative antioxidants is more acceptable than synthetic antioxidants mainly for negative effects such as carcinogenicity and toxicity. this has led to an increasing interest in the search for natural antioxidants. the objectives of this study were to measure total crude phenolic compounds and in sorghum grain as natural antioxidant sources, to det...

Hypercaloric diets have been successfully used as experimental models of obesity. This work compared morphological characteristics of inferior gastrointestinal organs. The experiment lasted 10 weeks, during which the rats' food consumption, body weight, distance between the mouth and neck, distance between mouth and neck, distance between neck and tail, and abdominal circumference were evaluate...

　Introduction: Sexual dimorphisms in biological structures such as brain and behaviour have been widely recognized in animals and humans. The purpose of this study was to examine whether there are sex differences in the size of the cerebellum with other body traits, such as the head, tail and brain. Methods: Twelve grasscutters comprising of 6 males and 6 females were used in this study. Each b...

The energy demands of pregnancy and lactation together with the accumulation of stored fat in human females during development suggest that a critical level of fat may be required for menarche; but multivariate analyses have supported the alternative view that skeletal growth is the main factor. However, significant differences between upper- and lower-body (gluteofemoral) fat suggest that fat ...