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The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) conducts and supports research on many of the most serious diseases affecting public health. The Institute supports much of the clinical research on the diseases of internal medicine and related subspecialty fields, as ...
Un médecin qui soigne les enfants qui souffrent de maladies digestives.
Industry:Medical
Une plaie dans l'oesophage causé par l'inflammation à long terme, une infection, pilules ou du cancer.
Industry:Medical
Une condition dans laquelle estomac contenu flux vers le haut dans le œsophage. Gerd se produit lorsque le muscle entre le œsophage et l'estomac (le sphincter oesophagien inférieur) est faible ou se détend alors qu'elle ne le devrait pas. Il peut causer de l'oesophagite.
Industry:Medical
Diarrhée causée par une infection de bactéries, virus ou parasites.
Industry:Medical
Parallèlement, des plaies rouges dans l'estomac qui ressemblent à des rayures sur une pastèque.
Industry:Medical
A measure of body weight relative to height. BMI is a tool that is often used to determine if a person is at a healthy weight, overweight, or obese, and whether a person’s health is at risk due to his or her weight. To figure out BMI, use the following formula:
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Industry:Fitness
Obesity is excess body fat. Because body fat is usually not measured, a ratio of body weight to height (see body mass index, or BMI, chart) is often used instead. It is defined as BMI. An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese.
Industry:Fitness
It is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 29. 9. Body weight comes from fat, muscle, bone, and body water. It is important to remember that although BMI correlates with the amount of body fat, BMI does not directly measure body fat. As a result, some people, such as athletes, may have a BMI that identifies them as overweight even though they do not have excess body fat.
Industry:Fitness
(1) The process of the body using food to sustain life. (2) The study of food and diet.
Industry:Fitness
A building block for most carbohydrates. Digestion causes some carbohydrates to break down into glucose. After digestion, glucose is carried in the blood and goes to body cells where it is used for energy or stored.
Industry:Fitness
