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PDF Ebook Measures of central adiposity as an indicator of obesity

... been identified as an important risk factor for a number of health problems. Body Mass Index (BMI), the most frequently used measure to determine levels of body ...

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Ebook The Glycemic Index: Research Meets Reality

Almost all carbohydrates, regardless of the form in which they are consumed (e.g., starch, lactose, sucrose) are ... for the increasingly popular measure known as the glycemic index (GI) (Jenkins et al. 1981). Although the glycemic effects of ... Glycemic Index: Research Meets Reality (Health Ebooks) ...

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Ebook Development of a Glycemic Index Checklist for Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes

... have been conducted demonstrating the beneficial outcomes of low glycemic index foods on individuals’ health, a tool to assess the number of low ...

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Ebook The Role of the Glycemic Index in the Prevention and Management of Diabetes: A Review and Discussion

The goal of the clinical management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes is to control ... to various carbohydrate containing foods is the glycemic index (GI). This term was first coined by David Jenkins and colleagues to ... of Diabetes: A Review and Discussion (Health Ebooks) ...

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PDF Ebook The Weight of Success: The Body Mass Index and Economic Well-being in South Africa

... 2005). This has led to an increase in the prevalence of hypertension and strokes in contexts where one might not have expected ... PDF Ebook The Weight of Success: The Body Mass Index and Economic Well-being in South Africa (Social Science Ebooks) ...

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PDF Ebook Slow and Fast Dietary Proteins

... more slowly. This makes up the basis for the glycemic index of not only foods but whole meals since the presence of protein and fat with ...

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Ebook Relationship Of Maternal Serum Fatty Acids And Body Mass Index

... Recently, there has been considerable interest in the role of dietary lipids, specifically essential fatty acids, in the earliest phases ... is often characterized by increased maternal body mass index (BMI). Due to the increase in the number of women entering pregnancy as ...

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Ebook Body Mass Index And Obesity Among Adults In Finland

The negative effects of obesity on health are beyond dispute. Excessive body fat represents a ... in the 1970s (Rissanen et al. 1988). The mean body mass index (BMI) continued to increase steadily in men during the 1980s and the ... And Obesity Among Adults In Finland (Health Ebooks) ...

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Ebook Whole Grain Intake in College Students and its Association with Body Mass Index

It is estimated that over half of the adult American population is either overweight or obese, placing these ... association between whole grain intake and body mass index (BMI), an indirect measure of body fat has been found in both children ... and its Association with Body Mass Index (Health Ebooks) ...

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Ebook Citrus Health, Nutrition And Wellness Team Report On Glycemic Index And Glycemic Load

In some parts of the world glycemic index (GI) is now widely recognized as a reliable, ... On Glycemic Index And Glycemic Load (Health Ebooks) ...

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Ebook Financial Integration, Economic Instability And Trade Structure In Emerging Markets

Submitted by puput on Tue, 08/11/2009 - 04:09

Emerging stock markets have been the subject of a large body of research in the literature on international asset pricing. In this paper, we analyse two main issues regarding the development of emerging stock markets’ financial integration levels over the last decade. The first objective is to estimate the level of financial integration of these stock markets, by developing and testing a three factor asset pricing model, in the spirit of Chen et al. (1986). The asset pricing model assumes that emerging stock markets excess returns are driven by a world stock market factor, a domestic stock market factor and a systematic emerging stock market factor. It allows us to investigate whether the level of stock market integration of a sample of 25 emerging market countries has been affected by the various financial crises of the 90’s. The main characteristic of this model is that it analyzes stock market integration and its time-series behavior while simultaneously accounting for the pricing of “systematic emerging market risk” by foreign investors. Indeed, we conjecture that by investing even in a diversified portfolio of those countries’ stocks, an investor will not be able to completely abstract from the economic instability prevailing in emerging markets. Hence, we introduce in our asset pricing model, a new factor, defined as the systematic emerging market risk proxy and account for the fact that investors may require higher expected excess returns to bear the economic instability inherent to a diversified portfolio of emerging markets’ stocks. Our proxy for systematic emerging market risk is the difference between the yield of the J.P. Morgan EMBI global index and the ten-year US Treasury bond yield.

The empirical results are obtained by studying a sample of 25 emerging stock markets countries over the period January, 1st 1995 to June 30th, 2004. To our knowledge, there is in the literature only one other study by DeJong and DeRoon (2005) that covers such an extensive range of emerging markets. The results suggest that these countries still remain, to a large extent, segmented and that the level of integration,especially in Asian countries, has decreased following the various financial crises of the late 1990s. More recently, the level of stock market integration of several countries has been trending upwards but has also become more volatile. Moreover, the systematic emerging market risk exposure is significant for all countries in the sample and commands a time varying risk premium.

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Ebook Financial Globalization, Crises, and Contagion

Submitted by puput on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 02:38

Financial globalization is not a new phenomenon, but today’s depth and breath are unprecedented. Capital flows have existed for a long time. In fact, according to some measures, the extent of capital mobility and capital flows a hundred years ago is comparable to today’s. At that time, however, only few countries and sectors participated in financial globalization, and capital flows tended to follow migration and were generally directed towards supporting trade flows. It was not until the 1970s that the world witnessed the beginning of a new wave of financial integration. Decreasing capital controls and increasing capital mobility with a growing participation of a wide range of developing countries in the global financial system characterized the post-Bretton Woods era, leading to a more integrated world economy towards the 1990s.

There are different forces that are pushing towards an increasing financial globalization. These forces are governments, borrowers, investors, and financial institutions. Governments allow globalization by liberalizing restrictions on the domestic financial sector and the capital account of the balance of payments. As shown in Kaminsky and Schmukler (2003), there has been a gradual lifting of restrictions in developed and emerging countries during the last 30 years. Firms and even households have been increasingly participating of financial globalization by borrowing abroad and thus relaxing their financial constrains and smoothing consumption and investment.

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Ebook Hypertension, Diabetes, Cholesterol, Weight, and Weight Control

Submitted by antoq on Wed, 02/25/2009 - 07:52

The 1998 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) included a detailed examination of preventive health problems and behaviors. This report uses data from the 1998 NHIS to examine the prevalence of selected problems among rural populations, with an emphasis on rural minorities. —Rural“ was defined, following NHIS guidelines, as living in a non-MSA county.

"Self Reported Prevalence of Health Problems"
Hypertension: Rural residents of all racial / ethnicity groups were more likely to report having been told they have hypertension than were metropolitan residents. The highest rates of reported hypertension were found among rural African Americans, one third of whom (34%) reported having high blood pressure.

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