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Enomoto, Ayaka; Saito, Aki; Takahashi, Osamu; Kimura, Takeshi; Tajima, Ryoko; Rahman, Mahbubur; Iida, Kaoruko – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Background: Both underweight and overweight are public health concerns in Japan. Several studies examined the association between health literacy (HL) and obesity status in the general population; however, there is limited information on young adults. In addition, the association between HL and underweight status has not been extensively…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Body Weight, Public Health, Knowledge Level
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Kono, Ichiro; And Others – Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1988
Study of the monocyte phagocytic function in nine competitive athletes before and after a two-week weight reduction (through calorie restriction) program revealed that their pre-program phagocytic activity was higher than in sedentary controls but decreased significantly after the program. This suggests calorie restriction may affect the human…
Descriptors: Athletes, Biochemistry, Body Weight, Dietetics