BACKGROUND Web-collected height and weight are increasingly used in epidemiological studies; however, the validity has rarely been evaluated. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to validate self-reported height, weight, and corresponding body mass index (BMI) among Swedish adolescents aged approximately 16 years. A secondary aim was to investigate possible prediction factors for validity of se...

BACKGROUND Neck circumference (NC), is an emerging marker of obesity and associated disease risk, but is challenging to use as a screening tool in children, as age and sex standardized cutoffs have not been determined. A population-based sample of NC in Canadian children was collected, and age- and sex-specific reference curves for NC were developed. METHODS NC, waist circumference (WC), weig...

The study included 1,596 newborns and their parents living in Sibenik County, Croatia. All newborns are born between 37 and 42 weeks of gestation, with no congenital anomalies and from a single pregnancy. Fathers and mothers of male babies are older than those of girl babies (p < 0.01). Mean values for weight, height, BMI in parents and the woman's parity are equal (p = 0.05). Pregnancy with ma...

The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in the body composition, dietary habits, daily intake of nutrients and clinical blood indices in female college students by body mass index of normal weight, overweight and obese. The subjects of this research were 141 respondents of a survey carried out on students, and subjects were given 60 minutes to answer questionnaires, by recordin...

Predicting the onset of menstruation (menarche age) and measuring height, weight and Body Mass Index (BMI) are among the major health information. Due to the importance of this issue, the present study was conducted to determine the anthropometric indexes and their relationship with menarche age in female students of Sabzevar, Iran in 2010. This cross sectional descriptive study was conducted o...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among Nigerians aged 18-45 years, living in urban and rural settlements in one state in Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS Four hundred and thirty-five subjects between 18 and 45 years of age were recruited for height, weight and waist circumference (WC) measurements. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated (weight/height 2, k...

The normal growth pattern of female C57BL/6J mice, from 5 to 30 weeks of age, has been investigated in a longitudinal study. Weight, body surface area (BS), and body mass index (BMI) were evaluated in forty mice. Lean mass and fat mass, bone mineral content (BMC), and bone mineral density (BMD) were monitored by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Weight and BS increased linearly (16.15 ± ...

AIM To examine the effects of obesity phenotype on abdominal fat responses to regular aerobic exercise. METHOD Fifty-seven obese men aged 34-70 years were divided into two groups based on baseline intra-abdominal fat (IF) area measured by computerized tomography: moderate (<200 cm(2)) IF (MIF; n=33, age: 52.9+/-10.6 [SD] yr, body mass index [BMI]: 29.2+/-3.1 kg/m(2)) or high (>or=200 cm(2)) I...

background: reference percentile curves are usually used as a screening tool to determine growth disorders. anthropometric indices are population-dependent and may differ according to ethnicity, dietary pattern and lifestyle habits. this study aims to compare the curves of anthropometric measures obtained in two national studies conducted among iranian children and adolescents in 2003-2004 and ...