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Electron microscopy of urinary calculi — Some facts and artefacts
Material in urinary calculi is prone to irradiation damage during electron microscopy and this suggests the need for care in the interpretation of data. It is shown, however, that minimum-dose transmission mic...
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Lay definitions of ideal weight and overweight
OBJECTIVE: To describe lay definitions of ideal weight and overweight, to determine whether they correspond with current health definitions, and to examine the relationship between lay definitions and weight-cont...
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Physical activity beliefs and behaviours among adults attempting weight control
OBJECTIVE: To compare the frequency and duration of varying intensities of physical activity performed by adults trying to lose weight, avoid gaining weight and not actively trying to control their weight, and...
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The association between television viewing and overweight among Australian adults participating in varying levels of leisure-time physical activity
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effect of physical activity on the association between television viewing and overweight (body mass index (BMI) ≥25 kg/m2).
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Management of obesity: attitudes and practices of Australian dietitians
OBJECTIVE: To document attitudes and current practices of Australian dietitians in the management of overweight and obesity, and to examine their training needs.
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Can anyone successfully control their weight? Findings of a three year community-based study of men and women
This study examined the prevalence, distribution and correlates of successful weight loss and successful weight maintenance over three years in a community-based sample of 854 subjects aged 20–45 at baseline. ...
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Beliefs about the causes of weight change in the Australian population
OBJECTIVE: To describe self-reported weight change and beliefs about the causes of weight change and to examine whether these vary by sex and weight status.
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Which aspects of socioeconomic status are related to obesity among men and women?
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the relationships between body weight and fat distribution, and four empirically derived domains of socioeconomic status: employment, housing, migration status and famil...
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Dietary patterns of Australian adults and their association with socioeconomic status: results from the 1995 National Nutrition Survey
Objective: To describe dietary patterns among men and women in the Australian population, and to explore how these varied according to socioeconomic status (SES).
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Who does not gain weight? Prevalence and predictors of weight maintenance in young women
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence and predictors of weight maintenance over time in a large sample of young Australian women.
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Social factors and obesity: an investigation of the role of health behaviours
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated a behavioural model of the relation between social factors and obesity, in which differences in body mass index (BMI) across sociodemographic groups were hypothesized to be attrib...
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Income differences in food consumption in the 1995 Australian National Nutrition Survey
Objective: To assess the relationships between an index of per capita income and the intake of a variety of individual foods as well as groups of food for men and women in different age groups.
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Public perceptions of the causes and prevention of obesity among primary school children
OBJECTIVE: To investigate lay perceptions of the causes and prevention of obesity among primary school children.
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Perceptions of local neighbourhood environments and their relationship to childhood overweight and obesity
To examine associations between parent and child perceptions of the local neighbourhood and overweight/obesity among children aged 5–6 and 10–12 y.
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Increasing central adiposity: the Nepean longitudinal study of young people aged 7–8 to 12–13 y
Estimates of the prevalence of overweight and obesity in young people are typically based on body mass index (BMI). However, BMI may not indicate the level of central adiposity. Waist circumference has therefo...
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Weight and place: a multilevel cross-sectional survey of area-level social disadvantage and overweight/obesity in Australia
To estimate variation between small areas in adult body mass index (BMI), and assess the importance of area level socioeconomic disadvantage in predicting BMI.
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Consumers' readiness to eat a plant-based diet
The aim of this study was to examine consumers' readiness to change to a plant-based diet.
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Public views of the benefits and barriers to the consumption of a plant-based diet
The aim of this study was to examine consumers' perceived benefits and barriers to the consumption of a plant-based diet.
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An investigation of psychological, social and environmental correlates of obesity and weight gain in young women
This study explored the biological, psychological, social and environmental correlates of young women's current weight and retrospective 2-year weight change.