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World Health Organization

Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Health Organization (WHO) is an agency of the United Nations, acting as a coordinating authority on international public health. WHO was established by the UN on April 7, 1948. The constitution of WHO defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and…

Health science

Health science is the discipline of applied science which deals with human and animal health. There are two parts to health science: the study, research, and knowledge of health and the application of that knowledge to improve health, cure diseases, and…

Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding is the sport of developing muscle fibers through the combination of weight training, increased caloric intake, and rest. Competitive bodybuilders display their physiques to a panel of judges, who assign points. Although initially a male-only pursuit, in the 1980s women…

Human weight

Weight in measuring human body weight in the medical sciences and in sports is a measurement of mass, expressed in units of mass such as kilograms or pounds. In Britain, the stone (14 lb = 6.35 kg) is still fairly common…

Dieting

Dieting is the practice or habit of eating (and drinking) in a regulated fashion, usually with the aim of losing weight. It is also used in some cases to gain weight or to regulate the amounts of certain nutrients entering the…

Obesity

Obesity is a condition in which the natural energy reserve of a mammal (such as a human), which is stored in fat, is expanded far beyond usual levels to the point where it causes health stress. Obesity in wild animals is…

Malnutrition

Malnutrition is a general term for the medical condition in a person or animal caused by an unbalanced diet, either too little or too much food, or is missing one or more important nutrients.Most commonly, malnourished people or animals either do…

Adolphe Quetelet

Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (February 22, 1796 – 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, statistician and sociologist. He founded and directed the Brussels observatory and was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences. Some French-language sources give his last…

National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health is an institution of the United States government which focuses on medical research. The Institutes are located in Bethesda, Maryland. The predecessor of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) began in 1887 as the Laboratory…