Smoking and its effects on maternal body composition in late pregnancy

Article Abstract:

A study on smoking and non-smoking pregnant women the effect of smoking on body composition at the 34-39 weeks of pregnancy and the related influence on birth weight reveals that pregnancy does not have an change the pattern of body but distribution that is present in smokers before conception. The similarity in Infants' birth weight in both groups may be due to lace of difference in fat-free mars and body fat. The physiological effects of nicotin is obvious at the stages of lactation and infant growth. A group of 31 smokers and 31 non-smokers of similar age, gestatisnal age and percentage of standard weight sewed as subjects.

Pregnant women, Smokers

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Effect of one year residence in Antarctica on bone mineral metabolism and body composition

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Bone mass and various biochemical parameters in seventeen young healthy men who lived in Antartica for one year were measured to assess the effect of a protracted Antartic stay on mineral metabolism. The study found that 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels declined in autumn and winter and returned to initial levels during the end of the stay. Parathormone and serum calcium diminished inexplicably at the beginning of the campaign. Bone mass in the volunteers increased despite the low vitamin D levels. This could be due to the volunteers' intense physical exertions.

Bones, Environmental aspects, Bone density, Antarctic regions, Seasonal variations (Diseases), Mineral metabolism

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Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for body composition estimation in Chinese women

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A study undertook to determine if dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is a suitable method for body composition assessment of obese and non-obese subjects. Chinese women living in Hong Kong were assessed, and it was concluded that DXA is a suitable method to assess the body composition of obese patients.

Usage, Measurement, Obesity, Extended X-ray absorption fine structure, Diet therapy

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