Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "overweight"
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Body Mass Index and Missing Data: Examining the Levels, Patterns, and Impacts of Missing Data in a Large Cohort Study of Canadian Youth
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-19)Missing data are generally unavoidable in survey-based research. Small amounts of random missingness may not pose significant problems; however, issues arise when data are missing in large proportions or when missingness ... -
Comparing occupational musculoskeletal exposures during common materials handling tasks between non-obese and obese adults
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-08)Higher body mass is associated with increased risk of musculoskeletal injury, a greater number of insurance claims, and higher direct and indirect costs due to decreased productivity during manual materials handling. Over ... -
Gender Differences in Chronic Disease Risk Behaviours and their Association with Body Mass Index: Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Multilevel Analyses Among a Large Sample of Youth.
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-20)Obesity has become a worldwide concern due to the escalating number of individuals who have overweight or obesity. The prevalence of overweight/obesity among youth aged 12-17 years old was 37% in 2012-2013, as reported in ... -
Modeling of Body Weight Metrics for Effective and Cost-Efficient Conventional Factor VIII Dosing in Hemophilia A Prophylaxis
(MDPI, 2017-12-01)The total body weight-based dosing strategy currently used in the prophylactic treatment of hemophilia A may not be appropriate for all populations. The assumptions that guide weight-based dosing are not valid in overweight ... -
Student- and school-level characteristics associated with overweight and obesity among off-reserve Aboriginal students in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-26)Abstract Objective: This study characterized overweight and obesity among a sample of Canadian off-reserve Aboriginal (ORA) students in grades 9 to 12, identified between-school variability in overweight and obesity, ...