Article: Sex, swearing and smells - that's the average driver.(News)

Article: Reduced body weight is a common effect of gene ...
BMC Genetics;  January 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... mechanisms underlying the control of body weight are undoubtedly complex but there have ... to gauge the number of pieces in the body weight puzzle, we attempted to estimate the ... to do this is to study the effects on body weight of knocking out all mouse genes, one ...

Article: Body weight set-points: Determination and ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  September 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Body Weight Set-Points: Determination and Adjustment1 ... Hirvonen ABSTRACT It is proposed that body weight, like body water and body temperature ... physiologically regulated. In the case of body weight, coordinated adjustments in both the ...

Article: The effect of a change in body weight on running ...
The Psychological Record;  June 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... shown that activity increases as body weight decreases with food deprivation ... percentage of estimated normal body weight after rats had lost 10% to 15 ... weight. The correlation between body weight and revolutions between 60 ...

Article: Hydroxycitrate has long-term effects on feeding behavior, ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Long-Term Effects on Feeding Behavior, Body Weight Regain and Metabolism after Body Weight Loss in Male Rats1,2 ABSTRACT We examined ... HCA) on food intake, meal patterns, body weight regain and energy conversion ratio as well ...

Article: Peak torque-to-body weight ratios in the trunk: a ...
Physical Therapy;  February 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ...Peak Torque-to-Body Weight Ratios in the Trunk: A Critical ... muscle tests. Peak torque-to-body weight (PTBW) ratios, hamstring-to ... expected torque output. Thus, body weight is assumed to be a major source ...

Article: The effect of body weight on adolescent academic ...
Southern Economic Journal;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... negative relationship between body weight and wages for white females ... controlling for the endogeneity of body weight. If obesity causes white females ... capital accumulation. If increased body weight reduces the academic performance ...

Article: Economic Factors and Body Weight: An Empirical ...
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... effects of changes in economic factors on body weight by constructing a utility theoretic ... estimated by combining data on individuals' body weight, demographic and physical activity ... price of food at home could decrease body weight, a finding which has important public ...