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Body Size and Temperature: Why They Matter
For example, the relationship between surface area and body mass is isometric. Many clever explanations have been proposed to explain why the exponent of the relationship between metabolic rate ...
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Burden of postmenopausal breast cancer attributable to excess body weight: comparative study of body mass index and CUN-BAE in MCC-Spain study
Background 10% of postmenopausal breast cancer cases are attributed to a high body mass index (BMI). BMI underestimates body ...
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Body fat percentage, body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio as predictors of mortality and cardiovascular disease
During the follow-up, 2420 died and 4665 had incident CVD. After exclusion of prior stroke, myocardial infarction and cancer and adjusting for potential confounders, body mass index (BMI) and waist-to ...
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Excess body fat significantly increases risk of postmenopausal breast cancer
Around 40% of postmenopausal hormone positive breast cancer cases may be linked to excess body fat, suggests Spanish research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.