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Changes in Morphological Characteristics During the Period 2005 2014 in a Sample of Serbian 7 - Year-Old Children

Martínez,A. E; Peñaloza,R; Lara-Padilla,E; Berral,J. F.

The present study of Mexican high school football players on the offensive squad had the aim of determining the relation between their anthropometric profile, position on the team, and performance in competition. The study included 41 players from 15 to 18 years of age, studying and playing football at one of two high schools. Anthropometric measurements were taken (weight, height, diameter and perimeter of muscle areas) to determine the body mass index, body composition and somatotype. The results show that the anthropometric profile is related to performance (good/very good or poor/deficient), and that this relation depends on the position of the player. For linemen, good performance was associated with being tall, heavy and with a relatively high body...

Tipo: Journal article

Palavras-chave: Football; Body composition; Somatotype; BMI.

Ano: 2014

URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022014000300049

Physical Characteristics at Different Ages

Pavlica,Tatjana; Rakic,Rada; Sironjic,Tijana.

Morphological characteristics of children commonly imply the processes of growth and development. Information on children's growth in height and their body weight is often used as the indicator of the children's health and nutritional status. As the parameters are changeable both temporally and spatially, it is important to provide their continual assessment. The aim of the study is to investigate the changes in morphological characteristics in a sample of Serbian 7-year-old children in the period 2005 2014. The data was gathered from medical documentation recorded in the period 2005-2014 in the local health-care centre "Dr Dusan Savic Doda" in Beocin, which is situated in the central part of the province Vojvodina, the north-west part of Serbia. Most...

Tipo: Journal article

Palavras-chave: Height; Weight; BMI; Secular trend; Serbia.

Ano: 2017

URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022017000200049

Rexhepi,Agron M; Brestovci,Behlul; Krasniqi,Asllan.

The purpose of this study was to study, observe, and clarify the dynamics of physical growth, as well as changes of some morphometrical and physiological variables of Kosovo population. 17,894 males from Kosovo between 6 and 51 years of age and older, were measured:. body height, body weight, BMI, systolic pressure, diastolic pressure, heart rate, and VO max were recorded. The measurement data were processed through these descriptive statistical parameters: Mean, Standard-Deviation and the Coefficient of Variation, SD shows the similar dispersion of results between one age and another. CV signifies the reliability of the measurements that were carried out. The curve of body height for individuals between 6 and 17 years of age shows increases, for...

Tipo: Journal article

Palavras-chave: Body height; Body weight; BMI; Systolic pressure; Diastolic pressure; Heart rate; VO2max.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022011000100018

Secular Trends in Body Dimensions among Young Tennis Players from 1992 to 2008

Body Weight and Labour Market Outcomes in Post-Soviet Russia

Filipcic,Ales; Leskosek,Bojan; Sarabon,Nejc; Filipcic,Tjasa.

Several studies have examined both physical characteristics and fitness of children and youth. The aim of the study was first, to find the tendency of changes in selected morphological characteristics of young male and female tennis players of various ages in the periods 1992-2000-2008; and second, to find the changes in selected variables of young tennis players and to compare them with the results of boys and girls of same age from normal school population. Sample of variables included body height, body weight and body mass index (BMI). Multivariate analysis of variance revealed statistically significant differences in all main factors (group, age, gender and period) and additionally in interactions group*period, group*gender and age*gender. Univariate...

Tipo: Journal article

Palavras-chave: Young tennis players; Body weight; Body height; BMI; Secular trends.

Ano: 2012

URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022012000400047

Huffman, Sonya Kostova; Rizov, Marian.

This paper estimates the impacts of weight, measured by body mass index (BMI), on employment, wages, and missed work due to illness for Russian adults by gender using recent panel data (1994-2005) from the nationally representative Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS). We employ econometric techniques to control for unobserved heterogeneity and potential biases due to endogeneity in BMI. The results show an inverted U-shaped effect of BMI on probability of employment for men and women. We did not find evidence of wage penalty for higher BMI. In fact, the wages for overweigh men are higher. However, having a BMI above 28.3 increases the number of days missing work due to health problems for men. Overall, we find negative effects of obesity on...

Tipo: Presentation

Palavras-chave: BMI; Obesity; Labour market outcomes; Russia; Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital.

Ano: 2012

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123539

Parents' Preferences for Health Labels on Foods for Children

Colson, Gregory; Grebitus, Carola.

Paper removed at the request of the author.

Factors Influencing the Body Mass Index of Adults in Canada

Palavras-chave: Health label; Children’s diet; Parents’ food choices; BMI; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114284

Poverty and health behaviour: Comparing socioeconomic status and a combined poverty indicator as a determinant of health behaviour

Cranfield, John A.L..

This paper explores socio-demographic, economic and behaviour factors influencing body mass index (BMI) amongst 20 to 64 year old adults in Canada. BMI scores in Canada have increased, with gains stemming from disproportionate increases in female BMI. Econometric results indicate higher BMI scores for males, those born in Canada, those in food insecure homes and whites. Age-gender interactions suggest different patterns of BMI adjustment over the life of males and females; a pronounced inverse quadratic relationship between with age and male BMI is noted, while female BMI increases with age. Education, used as a gauge of inequality, is inversely related to BMI, while income has a muted effect. BMI is inversely related to level of physical activity, an...

Tipo: Report

Palavras-chave: Obesity; BMI; Canada; Socio-demographic; Economic; Adults; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; I10; J1.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6837

Aue, Katja; Roosen, Jutta.

Studies in the area of health economics and public health have shown that low socioeconomic status (SES) and poverty are related to lower levels of health. Attempts to explain these differences have often made reference to the observation that poor health behaviours cluster in low SES respectively poverty groups. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the defining concept of SES and its appropriate measurement. Therefore data from the German Socio-Economic Panel are used to analyse the relationship between two multidimensional measurements to describe a) poverty respectively b) a low SES and health behaviour, including dietary behaviour, weight status and health behaviour in general. This study shows that both multidimensional indicators...

BMI changes in Russian adults: the role of lifestyles and spousal relationships

Palavras-chave: Poverty; Social inequality; Diet; BMI; Health behaviour; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; I1; I3.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116401

Huffman, Sonya Kostova.

The social and economic determinants of obesity: an empirical study in Italy

Palavras-chave: BMI; Russia; Lifestyle; Consumer/Household Economics; Health Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102653

Banterle, Alessandro; Cavaliere, Alessia.

PUBLISHED AS: Alessandro Banterle, Alessia Cavaliere, Is there a relationship between product attributes, nutrition labels and excess weight? Evidence from an Italian region, Food Policy, Volume 49, Part 1, December 2014, Pages 241-249. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.09.001

Theme Overview: Addressing the Obesity Challenge

Palavras-chave: Economics of obesity; BMI; Consumer; Ordinal regression model; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90889

Effects of Impulsivity and Self-control on Calorie Intake

Muth, Mary K..

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Obesity; BMI; Nutrition; Food choices; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; I1; Q1.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95746

Asirvatham, Jebaraj; McNamara, Paul E..

Neoclassical economic theory models individuals as making consistent choices over time and it assumes these choices are the outcome of rational utility maximization. Recent theoretical developments in the theory of consumer decision-making have drawn evidence from other disciplines such as, neuroscience (McClure et al, 2004) and psychology, and proposed more generalized models in a dual-self framework explicitly accounting for self-control or impulsivity (Gul and Pesendorfer, 2004; Fudenberg and Levine, 2006; and Brocas and Carillo, 2008). This study attempts to understand the dietary choices in a dual-self framework while explicitly identifying calorie intake owing to impulsivity and self-control. We construct standard psychological measures using the...

Socio-economic and Demographic factors affecting the likelihood of being an overweight Korean woman

Palavras-chave: Self-control; Nutrition; Diet; Health; Impulsivity; BMI; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; D12; D03; I00.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49472

Nambiar, Padmanand Madhavan; Florkowski, Wojciech J.; Suh, Dong-Kyun.

Using data from urban Korean women survey the study examines factors associated with the BMI >= 25, indicating overweight or obesity. Logit equation results identify low income, low education, household location and preference for convenience, sweet-tasting foods and home vegetable processing as characteristics linked to a high BMI.