Sentence examples for determinant of body from inspiring English sources

Nathan B. Sutter and Elaine A. Ostrander of the National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Md., and colleagues determined that a single allele (gene variant) is the major genetic determinant of body size in domestic dogs.

Studies sponsored by Coca-Cola almost invariably report no association of sugary drinks with diabetes, they question the validity of studies that do find such associations or, as in the case of Global Energy Balance Network investigators, they find activity to be the most important determinant of body weight.

Some reports showed that P is an important determinant of body size of invertebrates (Busch and Phelan 1999; Huberty and Denno 2006).

Dietary fat is not a major determinant of body fat.

In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (i) Dr. Ludwig correctly points out that careful review of all the studies on dietary fat and body fat -- such as those done by Dr. Walter Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health -- have shown that dietary fat is not a major determinant of body fat.

We did not adjust for physical activity because physical activity is an important determinant of body weight.

We also conducted analyses to identify determinants of body ache and bone pain in this population, and to determine the sensitivity and specificity of testing for hypocalcaemia and raised serum alkaline phosphatase to screen for vitamin D deficiency.

Parental child-feeding practices are potentially significant determinants of body weight in youth.

Both the processes underlying the body mass-dependence of BMR [4] [6] and the determinants of body mass-independent variation in BMR have proved to be of enduring interest to ecological and evolutionary physiologists [e.g. 7], [8] [12].

One of the most commonly used ways of investigating interactions between physiological and ecological determinants of body size and how these might result in evolutionary size change (or stasis) is by examination of the form of and influences on the size frequency distributions of organisms.

These differences remain even after adjustment for multiple determinants of body composition during growth.