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| Emanuela Gualdi-RussoSummaryAffiliation: University of Ferrara Country: Italy Publications
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Sex determination from the talus and calcaneus measurementsEmanuela Gualdi-Russo
Dipartimento di Biologia ed Evoluzione, University of Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
Forensic Sci Int 171:151-6. 2007..The accuracy of classification was high only for the northern Italians. Most southern Italian males were misclassified as females, confirming the population-specificity of discriminant function equations...
Weight status and body image perception in Italian childrenE Gualdi-Russo
Department of Biology and Evolution, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
J Hum Nutr Diet 21:39-45. 2008..Previous research suggests there is a tendency in overweight subjects to underestimate their weight status. This study investigated the perception of body image in Italian children, with particular regard to overweight children...
Weight status and perception of body image in children: the effect of maternal immigrant statusEmanuela Gualdi-Russo
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Surgical Specialties, University of Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d Este 32, Ferrara 44121, Italy
Nutr J 11:85. 2012..The aim of the present study was to assess the relationship between immigrant status of the mother and weight status and body image perception of the child...
Body composition and somatotype of experienced mountain climbersDavide Barbieri
Department of Biology and Evolution, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
High Alt Med Biol 13:46-50. 2012..Body mass, height, girths, skinfolds, and bone breadths were gathered and used to calculate body composition and somatotype of each subject...
Biological characteristics and ageing in former elite volleyball playersLuciana Zaccagni
Department of Biology and Evolution, University of Ferrara, Italy
J Sci Med Sport 12:667-72. 2009..This study underlines the particular performance of former players in cognitive functions. Moreover, it confirms that an active lifestyle has beneficial effects on the biological age profiles of former athletes...
Migration and health in Italy: a multiethnic adult sampleEmanuela Gualdi-Russo
Department of Biology and Evolution, Ferrara University, Ferrara, Italy
J Travel Med 16:88-95. 2009..This anthropometric study was part of a multiregional project "Health Assistance and Monitoring for Indigent Italian Citizens and Immigrants" funded by the Italian Ministry of Health...
Human activity patterns and skeletal metric indicators in the upper limbEmanuela Gualdi-Russo
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Coll Antropol 28:131-43. 2004..Then the results obtained previously were used to analyze a sample with unknown occupation. The efficacy of metric stress indicators is discussed...
Anthropometric traits and aging: a cross-sectional survey in diabetic elderly womenNicoletta Onisto
Department of Biology and Evolution, Ferrara University, Corso Ercole I d Este, Ferrara, Italy
Arch Gerontol Geriatr 48:197-200. 2009..In conclusion, the diabetic women are more in overweight than the controls. Moreover, diabetes resulted associated with an accelerated process of aging in anthropometric traits...
Chinese women in Italy--menarche, pregnancy and maternityLisa Argnani
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Coll Antropol 28:885-90. 2004..4 +/- 1.4 years). The delayed sexual development was probably due to the same situation of severe poverty that forced them to migrate...
Body image and growth in ItalyLisa Argnani
Department of Evolutive Experimental Biology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Coll Antropol 32:413-8. 2008..The analysis of body image perception is a valid source of information and should be assessed in studies on youth growth, since it varies with age, sex, population, pathologies and socio-cultural environment...
Childhood malnutrition and growth in a rural area of Western KenyaSamantha Semproli
Dipartimento Biologia Evoluzionistica Sper, Universita degli Studi, Bologna, Italy
Am J Phys Anthropol 132:463-9. 2007..These findings are discussed in light of sexual dimorphism in sensitivity to adverse environmental conditions...
