BACKGROUND Vertical jump is an index representing leg/kick power. The explosive movement of the kick is the key to scoring in martial arts competitions. It is important to determine factors that influence the vertical jump to help athletes improve their leg power. The objective of the present study is to identify anthropometric factors that influence vertical jump height for male and female mar...

BACKGROUND Gum Arabic (acacia Senegal) is a complex polysaccharide indigestible to both humans and animals. It has been considered as a safe dietary fiber by the United States, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since the 1970s. Although its effects were extensively studied in animals, there is paucity of data regarding its quantified use in humans. This study was conducted to determine effects...

Lawlor, D. W., Boyle, F. A., Young, A. T., Kendall, A. C. and Keys, A. J. 1987. Nitrate nutrition and temperature effects on wheat: Soluble components of leaves and carbon fluxes to amino acids and sucrose.—J. exp. Bot. 38: 1091-1103. Amounts of some metabolites and the incorporation of '*CO2 into photosynthetic products were measured in the third leaf of wheat, grown with two rates of nitrate ...

BACKGROUND It is known that height and body mass index (BMI) are correlated in childhood. However, its impact on the (trend of) national prevalence rates of overweight and obesity has never been investigated. The aim of our study is to investigate the relation between height and national prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in childhood between 1980, 1997, and 2009, and to calculate which...

BACKGROUND Leptin is a protein hormone secreted by adipocytes, regulating body fat and food intake. It has been reported that serum leptin levels are high in patients with chronic renal failure, and this fact has been associated with malnutrition and body composition changes in patients on hemodialysis. This present study investigated the relationship between plasma leptin concentrations and bo...

Multiple regression equations for predicting the adult height of boys and girls from height and bone age at ages 4 and upwards are presented. There is a separate equation for each half year of chronological age; and for pre- and postmenarcheal girls at ages 11 to 14. These are based on longitudinal data from 116 boys and 95 girls of the Harpenden Growth Study and the London group of the Interna...

OBJECTIVE To investigate which pretreatment variables most significantly affect long-term growth response to GH therapy in children with apparently idiopathic GH deficiency (GHD) treated from a similar and very young age (less than 2 years), for the same period (7 years) and with the same therapeutic protocol. DESIGN AND METHODS Twelve children with either isolated GHD or multiple pituitary h...

The occurrence of 12 selected pharmaceutical compounds and pharmaceutical compound metabolites in sewage treatment works (STW) effluents and surface waters was investigated. The substances selected for the monitoring programme were identified by a risk ranking procedure to identify those substances with the greatest potential to pose a risk to the aquatic environment. STW final effluent and sur...

BACKGROUND In a referral population of young children, excessive fruit juice consumption has been reported to be a contributing factor in nonorganic failure to thrive. OBJECTIVE To evaluate, in a population-based sample of healthy children, fruit juice consumption and its effects on growth parameters during early childhood. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING General primary care health...

The adaptation of European children to life in tropical climates is a subject fraught with emotional and political undercurrents. The literature on the subject can be divided into two main groups: that concerning children living in areas where the European immigrant population is becoming assured, such as tropical Australia and Central America where the favourable aspects are emphasized (Cilent...