PARENTS OF MINOR CHILDREN LOSE LESS WEIGHT DURING A BEHAVIORAL WEIGHT LOSS INTERVENTION: FINDINGS FROM THE RURAL LEAP TRIAL

Parents of minor children lose less weight during a behavioral weight loss intervention: Findings from the Rural LEAP trial

Abstract Objective The transition to parenthood is associated with worsening health behaviors, yet the impact of parental status on successful weight loss has rarely been examined.The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of parental status of minor children on weight loss and behavioral adherence in a rural community‐based weight loss

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Rotational IMRT techniques compared to fixed gantry IMRT and Tomotherapy: multi-institutional planning study for head-and-neck cases

Abstract Background Recent developments enable to deliver rotational IMRT with standard C-arm gantry based linear accelerators.This upcoming treatment technique was benchmarked in a multi-center treatment planning study against static gantry IMRT and rotational IMRT based on a ring balance bikes gantry for a complex parotid gland sparing head-and-n

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Occurrence of Taenia species and Toxoplasma gondii in pigs slaughtered in Bujumbura city, Kayanza and Ngozi provinces, Burundi

Abstract Background Taenia spp.and Toxoplasma gondii are foodborne parasites affecting humans and pigs.The magnitude of the burden of these parasites in pigs in Burundi is balance bikes not known.Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the prevalence of Taenia spp.infections in pigs by meat inspection, partial carcass dissection and molecular confi

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Restless legs syndrome in patients on dialysis

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is an extremely distressing problem experienced by patients on dialysis; the prevalence appears to be greater than in the general population, with a wide variation from 6.6% to 80%.The diagnosis of RLS is a clinical one, and its definition has been clarified and standardized by internationally recognized d

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