Sentences with phrase «mean body size»

After measuring a sample from the Natural History Museum's worldwide collection of beetles, Professor Stork compared the mean body size with the changing body sizes of British beetles to reveal that roughly 10 per cent of the world's beetles have been named and described.
The last time mammal communities looked like that and had a mean body size that small was after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Not exact matches

He turned his light on it, expecting to see a small mammal but instead, «couldn't quite understand what I was seeing,» That's because human eyes were never meant to rest upon the South American Goliath birdeater — a spider that measures one foot across, with a body the size of your fist and two - inch fangs.
Easy to dominate was my mistake... I just meant «easier» in comparison to the runs that fighters in divisions with more common body sizes go through.
There are many different types of baby carriers meant for different body shapes and sizes, and your personal comfort is going to be very important when it comes to making a selection.
It can be difficult to learn how to tie this wrap since it's very long and meant to accommodate many body sizes.
The main disadvantage with the outdated R44 regulations was the way that child seats are sized; with i - Size, seats are sized by the child's height rather than weight, meaning that they progress to a larger size at the appropriate rate for their body, ensuring the highest safety standards are provided at all tiSize, seats are sized by the child's height rather than weight, meaning that they progress to a larger size at the appropriate rate for their body, ensuring the highest safety standards are provided at all tisize at the appropriate rate for their body, ensuring the highest safety standards are provided at all times.
This means that regardless of your body shape, size or sleeping position, you can keep adjusting the pillow until it's ideal for your needs.
The fact that children are smaller in size means that their skin presents a large surface area relative to their body weight for absorption of environmental substances.»
Toddlers may not have heavy textbooks to carry around, but that doesn't mean they can't rock an adorable, lightweight backpack sized just for their little bodies.
Recall that breastfed infants wake up much more frequently and at shorter intervals than do bottle fed infants since cows milk is designed for cow brain growth (much less volume compared with human brains) and body growth rates while breast milk has just the right composition which means fast burning sugars and much less protein and fat... for that ever - growing human infant brain which triples in size in the first year.
Yet that doesn't mean she doesn't enjoy being around other toddlers — in fact, she loves looking at faces and bodies similar in size to her own.
You must have noticed the name; it says «full length» that means these pillows are available in a size that is almost equal to your whole body.
The combination of the drawstring in the body and a sturdy rubber sole means that these shoes should last your child awhile — you can buy them a half - size big in order that your toddler grows into them, and in the meantime he or she can tighten the drawstring to achieve a snug fit.
This is a sized product, which means you'll need to pick a size based on your body type and may not be able to share the carrier with other adults in your family.
This means there must be a deliberate decision among these stakeholders to either * cut the body to size or work harder to raise IGR.
That meant they could carry larger brains relative to their body size.
The mean body condition based on size and shape for colony - associated alligators captured for the study ranked as the 63rd percentile, while that for non-colony females ranked as the 17th.
This vocal system means that howlers give the acoustic impression of animals with much larger bodies, and can indeed roar louder and deeper than creatures ten times their size.
Smaller body size tends to mean a shorter lifespan and a shorter generation time.
«We suspect this means that archaic humans and other hominins had already influenced mammal diversity and body size in the late - Pleistocene.»
MADISON, WISCONSIN — Larger bodies may come with larger brains, but size means little when it comes to how much DNA an organism can pack in each cell.
Since changes in body size often lead to changes in other ecologically relevant traits, this means that fishing targets the most evolutionarily active groups of fish, Alfaro says.
The creature's relatively large body size and the fact that it had short forelimbs mean that it lacked the ability to fly.
Sex differences in heat loss responses are dependent on body size and not sex, meaning that larger individuals sweat more than smaller ones during cycle exercise in warm and tolerable conditions.
Eating plant - based, natural, chemical - free, and low on animal products will help you maintain a healthy body, and by healthy I mean disease - free, not size 0.
But, there are lots of guys out there, who have increased their size incredibly fast and still haven't gotten used to their new body, so to speak, which means they still don't know how to properly control their movements, which makes it very awkward during sex.
Our experts say: «The small portion size of Aussie Bodies ProteinFX Lo Carb Mini Bars means that you get around nine grams of protein without too many additional calories.
Would you say an English bulldog should look like a pit bull???? AKA, our bodies are the size and shape they are meant to be, and we should never try to force them to be something different.
That means that total adipose tissue (body fat across the body) and the size of the individual fat cells affect the secretion of leptin, with small fat cells (of which the formerly obese have an abundance) secreting about 1/7 as much leptin as a larger fat cell.
Its intense chlorophyll content and its microscopic nano - particulate size means it brings oxygen into all parts of the body, even crossing the blood / brain barrier, quickly.
Purely including bulking supplement will enable your body to increase, strength and size but you ideally want to make sure that the increases in size are all in your muscles — Trenorol will help you stay «lean and mean» so you can stay in great shape as well as improving your overall size.
Remember that the title of this article meant that your goal was to add more muscle SIZE to your arms, and in order to add muscle to your body, you need to be in a slight caloric surplus.
While this is happening, your body is in a «postprandial» or «fed» state (prandial means «during or relating to food»), and it can remain in this state for anywhere from an hour to 6 + hours depending on the size and composition of the meal.
Due to the time it takes to process food, and depending on the size and composition of your final meal of the day, this means the majority of the time your body spends in a postabsorptive state will be when it's asleep.
In relation to other fruits like bananas (one banana has around 14 grams of sugar) or apples (a medium - sized apple has about 19 grams of sugar), blueberries are quite low in sugar, and have a good sugar / fiber ratio, which means your body will process the sugar in a healthier way.
The increase in workload is based completely on the size of the base you've built up, meaning you can only progress at the rate your body is capable of so you're not pushing TOO hard and actually setting yourself back!
This does not necessarily mean I avoid all animal products or think you should either — I don't believe in a one - size - fits - all regimen; veganism works for some bodies, not always for others.
Greater anabolic hormone levels means greater muscle size and strength, not only for your lower body, but for your entire upper body as well.
The word tone can mean 10 different things to 10 different people, but I think at the end of the day what most people are referring to is losing fat in the area and gaining muscle, so the body part stays roughly the same size but improves in shape and definition.
But if your goals are weight loss related or size related, that means you aren't happy with your body as you are.
I totally admire you for sharing how you feel about your body, and that not every outfit looks as good in photos as it does in real life, and perception about breast sizes — I mean, NO ONE understands that a cup size is not a fixed size and that it gets bigger or smaller based on the band size.
I was excited to try it because shopping has been EXTREMELY difficult lately (meaning that I have NO time to go shopping) and since my body size is so wacko now post-baby, the added stress of finding things to try on just isn't fun for me anymore.
Firstly some women / girls don't understand their plus size body shape and features and try to look trendy in summer evening trendy tops which are not for their body structure as mostly i have seen women when they are asked of their dress number their answers are usually that they might be 14 or 16 meaning that if the women themselves do not know their own plus size body how can they expect to beam in the women trendy evening tops selection.
Oh, and tinyjunco — «fit» (of a comfortable size and shape for the body) doesn't always mean «fitted» (closely tailored to the contours of the body).
However, this issue may be resolved once a bigger size is chosen, even if the dress is meant to be body fitting.
BTW... just because you go back to your old size after baby doesn't mean you go back to your old body.
That means on the same needle size, I might get a tighter gauge for the sleeves than for the body.
Of course it hugs that body mainly at the midsection and for me that meant sizing up.
The dress is machine washable and regular fit or «true to size», meaning it will probably fit most body types.
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