scholarly journals Reaching the ideal weight or being metabolically healthy — What should be our true objective?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Pino Astorga ◽  
Ángel Roco Videla
Keyword(s):  
Ideal Weight ◽  
Metabolically Healthy ◽  
The Ideal

scholarly journals Prevalência do uso de medicamentos para emagrecer entre universitárias

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Fernandes Oliveira da Silva ◽  
Francinie Valeska Mendes da Silva ◽  
Silvia Maria Ribeiro Oyama
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Ideal Weight ◽  
Balanced Diet ◽  
Recursos Humanos ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Cultural Pressures ◽  
The Ideal

Jovens do sexo feminino são mais vulneráveis às pressões socioeconômicas e culturais associadas aos padrões estéticos, tendo-se em vista a ênfase crescente dada à magreza como aspectos associados aos ideais de beleza. Para que a perda de peso aumente, eis que surge a necessidade do uso de medicamentos inibidores do apetite. O trabalho teve como objetivo identificar e descrever o índice de prevalência do uso de medicamentos para emagrecer entre universitárias. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de campo, descritiva, transversal e de natureza quantitativa.  O total de entrevistados foi de 148 alunas, compreendidas entre os cursos de Recursos Humanos, Pedagogia e Enfermagem. O uso de medicamentos para emagrecer quando as pessoas ingressam na universidade aumenta devido à necessidade do “corpo perfeito” para concorrer com outras universitárias. As usuárias necessitam desistir da ideia fixa de que o medicamento é a única forma rápida e fácil de perder peso e se conscientizarem de que o peso ideal é obtido através de exercícios físicos e uma dieta equilibrada, com reeducação alimentar.Descritores: Obesidade, Mulher, Medicamentos. Prevalence of weight-loss drugs among universityAbstract: Young women are more vulnerable to the socioeconomic and cultural pressures associated with aesthetic standards, keeping in view the increasing emphasis on thinness as aspects associated with ideals of beauty. For weight loss increase, here comes the need of using inhibitor drugs appetite. The study aimed to identify and describe the prevalence rate of use of slimming drugs among university. This is a field research, descriptive, transversal and quantitative in nature. The total number of respondents was 148 students, ranging from courses in Human Resources, Education and Nursing. The use of slimming drugs when people entering university increases due to the need of the "perfect body" to compete with other universities. The users need to give up the fixed idea that medicine is the only quick and easy way to lose weight and become aware that the ideal weight is obtained through exercise and a balanced diet with nutritional education. Descriptors: Obesity, Women Drugs. Prevalencia del uso de medicamentos para perder peso entre universitariosResumen: Las mujeres jóvenes son más vulnerables a las presiones socioeconómicas y culturales asociados con las normas estéticas, teniendo en cuenta el creciente énfasis en la delgadez como aspectos asociados a los ideales de la belleza. Para el aumento de la pérdida de peso, aquí viene la necesidad de la utilización de fármacos inhibidores del apetito. El estudio tuvo como objetivo identificar y describir la tasa de prevalencia del uso de drogas para adelgazar entre universidad. Se trata de una investigación de campo, descriptivo, transversal y cuantitativo en la naturaleza. El número total de encuestados fue de 148 estudiantes, que van desde cursos en Recursos Humanos, Educación y Enfermería. El uso de medicamentos para adelgazar cuando la gente entrar en incrementos de la universidad debido a la necesidad del "cuerpo perfecto" para competir con otras universidades. Los usuarios tienen que renunciar a la idea fija de que la medicina es la única manera rápida y fácil de perder peso y estar consciente de que el peso ideal se obtiene mediante el ejercicio y una dieta equilibrada con la educación nutricional.Descriptores: Obesidad, Mujeres, Medicamentos.

scholarly journals Parenteral Nutrition Therapy for an Achondroplastic Patient: Case Report

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 061-065
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Fernandes Weyll Pimentel ◽  
Pedro Carlos Muniz Figueiredo
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Total Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Colon Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Nutritional Therapy ◽  
Nutrition Therapy ◽  
Ideal Weight ◽  
Protective Ileostomy ◽  
Nutritional Needs ◽  
The Ideal

Abstract Introduction Achondroplasia is the most common form of dwarfism in humans. At the end of the twentieth century, achondroplasia had its natural history investigated and its morbimortality understood. In dwarves, obesity is one of the causes of morbidity, and it is difficult to evaluate it due to the great disproportion among anthropometric data. The characterization of the nutritional needs of these patients represents an interesting dilemma for physicians. In view of these difficulties, the present case report describes an alternative to obtain the ideal weight value of an elderly dwarf in the use of parenteral nutritional therapy. Case Report A 73-year-old male patient, carrier of achondroplastic dwarfism, was admitted for surgical treatment of colon adenocarcinoma. He was submitted to total colectomy with ileum-rectum anastomosis, evolving with abdominal septic shock by suture dehiscence, which was fixed, and a protective ileostomy was installed. Due to the maintenance of prolonged fasting, without the possibility of starting oral or enteral feeding, the patient used total parenteral nutrition. To estimate the total energy expenditure, we chose to ask the patient what his ideal weight was. The patient used total parenteral nutrition for eight days until he was able to meet his caloric needs orally. Conclusion In the absence of indirect calorimetry, the ideal weight mentioned by the patient seems to be a good option for the estimation of the caloric expenditure by simplified equations.

scholarly journals Priorities in health: what do they mean to Brazilian adults?

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 775-785 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Fossati Reichert ◽  
Marlos Rodrigues Domingues ◽  
Pedro C. Hallal ◽  
Mario Renato Azevedo ◽  
Fernando Vinholes Siqueira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Healthy Diet ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Ideal Weight ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Ideal

We aimed to evaluate how Brazilian adults rank seven well-known health-related factors in terms of importance for health. A population-based study was undertaken in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil (N = 3,100; response rate: 96.5%). Individuals ranked three out of seven factors that, in their opinion, were the most important for health. The factors investigated were: "controlling stress", "practicing physical activity regularly", "avoiding drinking in excess", "avoiding smoking", "visiting a doctor regularly", "keeping the ideal weight", and "having a healthy diet". Healthy diet (73.9%), physical activity (59.9%), and visiting a doctor regularly (45.7%) were the most frequently reported factors. Younger subjects and those with higher socioeconomic status were more likely to report physical activity and stress as important factors for health than their counterparts. The importance attributed to health-related factors changes markedly among population subgroups.

scholarly journals Perancangan Alat Ukur Digital untuk Tinggi dan Berat Badan dengan Output Suara berbasis Arduino UNO

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 106 ◽  
Author(s):  
MUHAMMAD AFDALI ◽  
MUHAMMAD DAUD ◽  
RAIHAN PUTRI
Keyword(s):  
Strain Gauge ◽  
Measuring Instrument ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Height Measurement ◽  
Ideal Weight ◽  
Digital Measuring Instrument ◽  
Average Percentage ◽  
Arduino Uno ◽  
Weight Data ◽  
The Ideal

ABSTRAKAlat pengukur tinggi badan dan penimbang berat badan yang sekaligus memberikan informasi berat badan ideal akan sangat bermanfaat bagi para pengguna. Oleh karena itu, dalam penelitian ini, dirancang dan direalisasikan suatu alat ukur yang sekaligus dapat mengukur tinggi badan dan berat badan serta memberikan informasi ideal atau tidaknya berat badan yang terukur. Alat ukur ini menggunakan Arduino Uno sebagai otaknya, sensor ultrasonik untuk mengukur tinggi badan, dan sensor strain gauge untuk mengukur berat badan. Data dari kedua sensor tersebut diolah oleh Arduino untuk mendapatkan indeks massa tubuh (IMT) dan berat badan ideal (BBI). Nilai tinggi badan, berat badan, dan berat badan ideal akan ditampilkan pada LCD. Selanjutnya, informasi suara menyangkut kondisi berat badan yaitu ideal, gemuk, atau kurus akan dikeluarkan oleh speaker. Berdasarkan hasil pengujian dan analisis data maka diperoleh nilai persentase keberhasilan rata-rata pada pengukuran tinggi badan adalah 96,80% dan pada pengukuran berat badan adalah 99,04%. Sedangkan tingkat keberhasilan penampilan informasi suara adalah 95%.Kata kunci: Alat ukur digital, tinggi badan, beratbadan, Arduino, output suara.ABSTRACTAn instument for measuring height and weight while providing information ideal weight for users will be very helpful. Therefore, in this study, it was designed and realized a measuring instrument which can simultaneously measure the height and weight as well as providing the ideal information whether or not the weight measured. This instrument uses an Arduino Uno as the brain, the ultrasonic sensor to measure the height and strain gauge sensor for measuring weight. Data from the sensors is processed by the Arduino to get a body mass index and ideal weight. The values of height, weight, and ideal weights will display on LCD. Furthermore, voice information regarding the ideal conditions of weight, namely ideal, fat, or thin will be emitted by a speaker. Based on test results and data analysis, obtained that values of the average percentage of success at the height measurement was 96.80% and the weight measurement was 99.04%,respectively. While the success rate of emitting the sound information is 95%.Keywords: Digital measuring instrument, height, weight, Arduino, sound output.

A methodological critique of the 'ideal weight' concept

JAMA ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 250 (4) ◽  
pp. 506-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. R. Knapp
Keyword(s):  
Ideal Weight ◽  
The Ideal

A simple method of determining the ideal weight

1977 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-274
Author(s):  
N. Dahlmann ◽  
W. Schlegel ◽  
K. H. Hölzer ◽  
G. Hopfeld
Keyword(s):  
Ideal Weight ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
The Ideal

PERINATAL MORTALITY IN DIABETIC PREGNANCY

1961 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 434-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebbe Brandstrup ◽  
Mogens Osler ◽  
Jørgen Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Perinatal Mortality ◽  
Neonatal Period ◽  
Diabetic Mother ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Diabetic Pregnancy ◽  
Ideal Weight ◽  
Length Of Treatment ◽  
Birth Weight Group ◽  
The Ideal

ABSTRACT The length of treatment in the ward during the latter part of pregnancy has a considerable influence on the perinatal mortality in diabetic pregnancy. Thus, in the present New Series (1946–1960) comprising 486 babies the mortality decreased from 29 to 18 and 12 per cent respectively, when the series was divided in three groups with increasing length of treatment in hospital. The prognosis for the baby born of a diabetic mother is best in the foetal age group 252–266 days and the birth weight group 3500–3950 g. In the total series of 643 babies (1926–1960) 106 babies fulfilled both criteria, and only one of these babies died. The good result in this group did not depend on the length of treatment during the later part of pregnancy, in contradistinction to the mortality outside the favourable group. An attempt to define maternal factors which might determine the baby being born just with the ideal weight and age was unsuccessful. At the present the cause of the low »inborne« mortality of this group is unknown. From a practical point of view it is of interest that whenever a baby of a diabetic mother is born with a foetal age of 252–266 days and a birth weight of 3500–3950 g it is practically certain that it will not die during the neonatal period.

scholarly journals Health-Associated Nutrition and Exercise Behaviors in Relation to Metabolic Risk Factors Stratified by Body Mass Index

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 869
Author(s):  
Jui-Hua Huang ◽  
Ren-Hau Li ◽  
Shu-Ling Huang ◽  
Hon-Ke Sia ◽  
Wei-Ting Hsu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Metabolic Risk Factors ◽  
Metabolic Risk ◽  
Ideal Weight ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Exercise Behaviors ◽  
The Ideal

This study aimed to investigate the relationships of nutrition and exercise behaviors on metabolic risk factors (MRF) when body mass index (BMI) was considered. Health-associated nutrition and exercise behaviors were assessed by a questionnaire, anthropometric values, blood pressure and biochemical determinations that were obtained from 4017 workers. The nutrition score was negatively associated with triglycerides in the overweight subgroup and with systolic blood pressure (SBP) in the obese subgroup. The exercise score was negatively associated with triglycerides and waist circumference (WC) and positively associated with SBP and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in the ideal weight subgroup as well as being negatively associated with WC and positively associated with HDL-C in the overweight subgroup. Similarly, the exercise score was negatively associated with WC and positively associated with SBP in the obese subgroup. However, no significant association was found between nutrition or exercise behavior and MRF in the underweight subgroup. In conclusion, the relationships of exercise and nutrition behaviors on MRF varied for different levels of BMI. Exercise showed a significant association with lower WC. Moreover, its effect showed a gradient trend in accordance with the levels of BMI. For ameliorating MRF, exercise seemed to have better effects than nutrition behavior, especially in the ideal weight subgroup.

scholarly journals P758 Should ECHO measurements be indexed to ideal BSA or actual BSA?

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Cases ◽  
T Zhu ◽  
U Jurt ◽  
D Brouillard ◽  
M Matangi
Keyword(s):  
Surface Area ◽  
Body Surface Area ◽  
Body Surface ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
P Value ◽  
Ideal Weight ◽  
Area Index ◽  
Obesity Epidemic ◽  
Moderate Range ◽  
The Ideal

Abstract INTRODUCTION A patient with aortic stenosis with an AVA of 1.22 cm2 who stands 5’ 6" and weighs 145 lb has a BSA of 1.76m2 (AV area index = 0.69 cm2/m2). If the same patient weighs 200 lbs, the BSA increases to 2.09 m2 (AV area index 0.58 cm2/m2). Their calculated AV area index therefore changes from the moderate range to the severe range. PURPOSE To determine from our ECHO database the effect the current obesity epidemic has on all ECHO variables that are indexed to BSA. METHODS Our ECHO database was searched for all patients with the required data variables, gender, age, height (cm)and body weight (kg) were required. Duplicate patients with multiple ECHO studies were removed, only the first ECHO entry being included. Obvious data entry errors were removed (e.g. height 1866 cm, or weight 8.6 kg). Ideal weight was calculated using the Devine formula, ideal weight = Constant + 2.3x[height in inches-60], where constant= 50kg in males and 45.5kg in females. Body surface area in m2 was calculated = [√(height in cm x weight in Kg)/3600]. The paired t-test was used to determine differences between means. A p value of <0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS There were 47,761 ECHO studies entered into the database, of which 46,605 (98%) had all the required fields completed. Once duplicates were removed (-15,903) and erroneous data deleted (-158, 0.33%), 30,536 remained. There were 16,160 females aged 58.7 ± 19.2 years, with a mean height of 161.7 ± 7.2cm and 14,376 males aged 59.8 ± 19.2 years, with a mean height of 176.7 ± 7.6 cm. There were statistically significant differences in both men and women between actual and ideal weight and actual and ideal BSA, see Table 1. CONLUSIONS. For all ECHO measurements where the value is frequently indexed a decision needs to be made to either use the actual BSA or the ideal BSA. It may be more practical to use the ideal BSA which will remain consistent throughout follow up. Using our data any such measurement for females could be multiplied by 1.16 and for males 1.11 (i.e. actual BSA/ideal BSA). It is disappointing to find that, on average, females are 20 kilograms and males 18 kilograms above their ideal weight. Table 1. Weight females (kg) Weight males (kg) BSA females (m2) BSA males (m2) Number. 16,160 14,376 16,160 14,376 Actual. 73.2 ± 18.9 89.1 ± 19.3 1.80 ± 0.24 2.08 ± 0.24 Ideal. 53.4 ± 6.5 71.4 ± 6.9 1.55 ± 0.13 1.87 ± 0.3 P value. <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 BSA = Body surface area.

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