Recent studies have shown the positive association between increased circulating BCAAs
(valine, leucine, and isoleucine) and insulin resistance (IR) in obese or diabetic patients …

BACKGROUND: In Pakistan, the disease pattern is facing a huge changeover from acute
and communicable diseases to the non-communicable diseases. Moreover, an emerging …

In this second edition of The Sociology of Food and Agriculture, students are provided with a
substantially revised and updated introductory text to this emergent field. The book begins …

In recent decades the rise of the so-called" global obesity epidemic" has led to fatness and
fat bodies being debated incessantly in popular, professional, and academic arenas …

Background: High body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased rates of
complications after total hip arthroplasty. Studies to date have evaluated risk mainly as a …

Background: High body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased rates of
complications after total knee arthroplasty. To date, to our knowledge, studies have …

Because body weight is largely seen as controllable, weight stigma—the social devaluation
of those who are overweight—is not subject to the social norms that condemn open …

The use of genetic markers as instrumental variables (IV) is receiving increasing attention
from economists, statisticians, epidemiologists and social scientists. Although IV is …

Objectives: In the popular news media, public health officials routinely emphasize the health
risks of obesity and portray weight as under personal control. These messages may …

Girl-centered sport and physical activity programs that are grounded in a positive youth
development approach have grown tremendously in the United States since the 1990s …