Sentences with phrase «average body mass»

Those measurements were then used to estimate the average body mass index (BMI) of various segments of the population.

The mice showed an average body mass reduction of 27.1 percent and an average abdominal mass reduction of 36.6 percent.

Meat eaters topped the charts with an average body mass index (BMI) of 28.8 — close to being obese.

For example, studies have shown that people who habitually sleep less than six hours per night are much more likely to have a higher than average body mass index (BMI) and that people who sleep eight hours have the lowest BMI.

Researchers focused on 215 teens ages 13 to 19 with an average body mass index (BMI) of 53.

Also, other studies have shown that people with a slightly higher than average body mass index generally have better bone density.

The average body mass index was 24.5 (s.d. = 4, range 17.9 — 36.2).

Study participants had an average body mass index, or BMI, of 40, which equates to a 5 feet and 10 inches - tall man who weighs about 280 pounds, or a 5 foot 6 inches - tall woman who weighs 250 pounds.

A study published in The American Journal of Medicine reveals that in the past 20 years there has been a sharp decrease in physical exercise and an increase in average body mass index (BMI), while caloric intake has remained steady.

The small study followed 16 women aged between 21 and 57 years old who had had anorexia for an average of 18 years and were severely underweight (with an average body mass index (BMI) of 13.8).

The average body mass index (BMI) of the men with childhood ADHD was 30.1, and 41.4 percent were obese whereas those without the condition as kids reported an average BMI of 27.6 and an obesity rate of 21.6 percent.

The branch lengths of the high - variance exon tree showed a strong positive correlation with GC content and a negative correlation with the average body mass of species, seen at a much lesser magnitude in the low - variance exon tree (Fig. 6, A to D).

The women in the gastric bypass group had an average body mass index (BMI) of 30, which is considered obese, but it compared with an average BMI of 44 for the women who had not yet had the surgery.

It is a monogamous and sexually dimorphic species (males are heavier) which shares parental care and has exhibited in the last decades an increase in average body mass and breeding success in parallel to experiencing increasing wind speeds.

The average age of the patients was 61 years and the average body mass index (BMI) was 40, which means that the person is about 100 pounds overweight.

The average age was 52 years, average body mass index (BMI) was 37 kg / m2, and six were men.

The average body mass would plummet to less than six pounds — roughly the size of a Yorkshire terrier.

On average, they were about 46 years old and had an average body mass index of 27, meaning they were normal to very overweight.

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After adjusting for the mother's height, age, body mass index and other factors, they found: - Mothers who drank more than 5 ounces of milk a day had bigger babies, on average, than those who drank less.

The average caloric intake for a diet like this is approximately 2,500 calories, but these numbers will vary with a woman's size and pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI).

On average, women who breastfed longer were older, had a lower body mass index and had a higher socio - economic status.

Results of this earlier study showed that participants used the recipes for an average of 2.8 meals a week and this led to a decrease in their food insecurity, total groceries expenditures, and body mass index.

A. angustidens called South America home about a million years ago and weighed an estimated 1,500 pounds — that's almost twice the body mass of the average polar bear.

For example, Brian Wansink and colleagues at the Food and Brand Laboratory at Cornell University noticed that people with a high body mass index (BMI) sit on average 5 metres closer to a buffet than those with an average BMI, and 71 per cent face the food, compared with 26 per cent of people of average weight (Obesity, vol 16, p 1957).

Further analysis also indicated a correlation between lean muscle mass and the average level of vitamin D in the body over the first three years of a child's life.

It is well established that cold - blooded species get smaller as the climate heats up, says Andrew Hirst of Queen Mary, University of London — 1 °C of warming reduces their adult body mass by 2.5 per cent on average.

The small increase in the high - dose group did not translate into beneficial effects because authors found no difference between the three study groups for changes in spine, average total - hip, average femoral neck or total - body bone mineral density, trabecular bone score, muscle mass or sit - to - stand tests.

Using reweighting techniques to correct body mass index scores (BMI), she finds that the average BMI of pre-pregnant women in India is 19.5 percent and the fraction of women who begin pregnancy underweight is 42.2 percent.

R. S. Sharma, a public health specialist on the panel from the Indian Council of Medical Research, writes in the report that, «the hot tropical climate of the country, the low body mass index; low fat content of an average Indian as compared to European countries and high environmental concentration of radio frequency radiation may place Indians under risk of radio frequency radiation adverse effect.»

Income for these women increased on average by almost $ 7,000, more than 30 percent experienced weight loss, 52 percent had a reduction in body - mass index (BMI), and 41 percent reduced body fat percentage.

The modest physical improvements to health — heart rate increased by 4.2 beats per minute on average, a rise in VO2 of 0.3 ml per kg body mass per minute, and in an extra 6.1 kilocalories burned per hour and marginally reduced upper body tension — would have to be offset against the increased risk of varicose veins, common in those who stand for long periods, and perhaps lower back problem exacerbated by always being upright.

On average, women who breastfed longer were older, had a lower body mass index and had a higher socio - economic status.

Researchers provide the most comprehensive set of body mass estimates, species averages and species averages by sex for fossil hominins to date (stock image).

They found that a change in body mass index from overweight to obese (equivalent to an average size adult woman increasing in weight from 150 to 180 pounds) was associated with an increase of about 40 % in the risk of MS.

Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, physical activity, fasting glucose, and HbA1c (average blood sugar levels over time) were also measured.

Average time to pregnancy in women with epilepsy was 6.03 months, compared with 9.05 months for healthy controls, and after controlling for age, body mass index, parity and race, there was no difference across groups for time to pregnancy.

On average, bodybuilders require between 1.4 and 1.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight for building muscle mass.

Women can stand less wine than men on the average, because of the different physiology — mainly the lower body mass, and the differences in the stomach enzymes levels.

Studies reveal that, on average, women who consumed any amount of grapefruit or grapefruit juice weighed nearly 10 pounds less and had a 6 percent lower body mass index (BMI) than their non-grapefruit-eating counterparts.

The Harris Benedict equation considers an average body composition having an average muscle to fat mass ratio.

On the other hand, the average fat mass gain was more or less similar in all of the subjects (3.51 kg), which is a clear indication that the number calories are responsible for the increased body fat.

In fact, the typical American diet is extremely meat - heavy, having risen dramatically over the past century.9 Previous research has suggested the average American consumes about 1.5 grams of protein per kilo of total body mass (lean mass plus fat).

The greatest drug - free bodybuilders in history carry / carried less than 40 pounds more lean body mass than average individuals of their heights and bone structures, yet some dude who doesn't even stand out in the local gym claims he gained over 50?

I have not always had low body fat, above average muscle mass and a good and healthy outlook.

It's rare for anyone to have a resting metabolic rate that's more than about 15 % lower or higher than average relative to their body mass.

On average, they lost 15 percent of their body fat and 5 percent of their muscle mass while sustaining a 15 percent decrease in total metabolic rate.

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It's quite remarkable how much your skin can tighten up once your body fat goes from «average» to «excellent» and even more so when lean body mass increase.

The men did not alter their personal habits of eating, smoking, or exercise, yet by using Injectable HGH, they lost an average of 14 % of their body fat, while gaining an average of 8.8 % lean muscle mass.

On an average vegetarians have much lower body mass index (BMI) than non-vegetarians.