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Comparaison des effets de l'activité physique sur la relation entre les composantes du somatotype et du BMI avec la composition corporelle. Comparison of the effect of physical activity on the relationship of somatotype components and BMI to body comp Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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BMI and BMI SDS in childhood: annual increments and conditional change KU Leuven
Background Early detection of abnormal weight gain in childhood may be important for preventive purposes. It is still debated which annual changes in BMI should warrant attention. Aim To analyse 1-year increments of Body Mass Index (BMI) and standardised BMI (BMI SDS) in childhood and explore conditional change in BMI SDS as an alternative method to evaluate 1-year changes in BMI. Subjects and methods The distributions of 1-year increments of ...
Parental BMI and country classification by Gross National Income are stronger determinants of prospective BMI deterioration compared to perinatal risk factors at pre-adolescence : Feel4Diabetes study Universiteit Gent
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate all known risk factors, from perinatal to adolescence and identify those predominantly related with prospective BMI deterioration. Methods: Prospective data analysis from the European Feel4Diabetes-study involving 12,211 children from six countries. Details on perinatal and sociodemographic characteristics were collected by parental self-reported questionnaires. Children’s anthropometric data were ...
In utero exposure to parabens and early childhood BMI z-scores-Associations between placental ethyl paraben, longitudinal BMI trajectories and cord blood metabolic biomarkers KU Leuven Universiteit Hasselt
BACKGROUND: Parabens are used as antimicrobial preservatives in personal care products. Few studies have dealt with adverse health outcomes, transplacental transfer, and obesogenic effects of prenatal exposure to parabens. We examined the association between placental paraben levels and cord blood metabolic biomarkers, considering modulating effects of maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and underlying epigenetic mechanisms, and investigated longitudinal ...
Low BMI, but not high BMI, influences the timing of puberty in boys KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Previous studies investigating the association between weight status and onset of puberty in boys have been equivocal. It is currently unclear to what extent weight class influences puberty onset and progression. OBJECTIVES: To explore the relationship between degree of sexual maturation and anthropometric measures in Norwegian boys. METHODS: The following endpoints were collected in a Norwegian cross-sectional study of 324 healthy ...
A Co-expression Analysis of the Placental Transcriptome in Association With Maternal Pre-pregnancy BMI and Newborn Birth Weight Universiteit Hasselt KU Leuven
Maternal body mass index (BMI) before pregnancy is known to affect both fetal growth and later-life health of the newborn, yet the implicated molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. As the master regulator of the fetal environment, the placenta is a valuable resource for the investigation of processes involved in the developmental programming of metabolic health. We conducted a genome-wide placental transcriptome study aiming at the ...
Defining morbid obesity in children based on BMI 40 at age 18 using the extended international (IOTF) cut-offs Universiteit Hasselt
Background: Studies have reported that children who are obese are becoming more severely obese. Objective: We aimed to classify obese children based on age- and gender-specific centile curves passing through body mass index (BMI) 30, 35 and 40 at age 18 as ‘class I’, ‘class II’ or severe, and ‘class III’ or morbid obesity. Methods: In addition to the International Obesity Task Force BMI cut-offs corresponding to BMI 30 and 35, we calculated the ...
The unhealthy = tasty belief is associated with BMI through reduced consumption of vegetables: A cross-national and mediational analysis Vlerick Business School
Obesity is one of the greatest public health challenges of modern times and its prevalence is increasing worldwide. With food so abundant in developed countries, many people face a conflict between desires for short-term taste and the goal of long-term health, multiple times a day. Recent research suggests that consumers often resolve these conflicts based on their lay beliefs about the healthiness and tastiness of food. Consequently, such lay ...
Differential Impact of Low Fat-Free Mass in People With COPD Based on BMI Classifications: Results From the COPD and Systemic Consequences-Comorbidities Network Universiteit Hasselt
BACKGROUND: Alterations in body composition, including a low fat-free mass index (FFMI), are common in patients with COPD and occur regardless of body weight. RESEARCH QUESTION: Is the impact of low FFMI on exercise capacity, health-related quality of life (HRQL), and systemic inflammation different among patients with COPD stratified in STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: We analyzed baseline data of patients with COPD from the COPD and Systemic ...