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body mass index Nursing Research

Curated nursing research articles for the keyword body mass index.

Investigación y Educación en Enfermería / 2017 / CO

Gender Differences in Body Mass Index, Body Weight Perception, weight satisfaction, disordered eating and Weight control strategies among Indian Medical and Nursing Undergraduates

Among 454 Indian medical and nursing undergraduates, men had significantly higher BMI, yet women reported far greater body dissatisfaction (81.6% vs. 33%) and perceived overweight despite lower BMI. Paradoxically, men...

Eating Disorders Open Access

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth / 2021 / United Kingdom

Gestational weight gain outside the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations: novel psychological and behavioural factors associated with inadequate or excess weight gain in a prospective cohort study

In a 970-woman Ontario cohort, only 28.8% gained weight within 2009 IOM guidelines; anxiety was the strongest predictor of inadequate gain and pre-pregnancy overweight status the strongest predictor of excess gain,...

Eating Disorders Open Access