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Adama Diouf
Researcher at Cheikh Anta Diop University
Publications - 35
Citations - 474
Adama Diouf is an academic researcher from Cheikh Anta Diop University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Body mass index. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 27 publications receiving 348 citations.
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Determining the worldwide prevalence of obesity.
TL;DR: These systematic reviews are based largely on evidence from European and western populations and show that obesity is far more common, and requires more urgent attention, than the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration study suggests.
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Daily consumption of ready-to-use peanut-based therapeutic food increased fat free mass, improved anemic status but has no impact on the zinc status of people living with HIV/AIDS: a randomized controlled trial
TL;DR: Improving PLWH’ diet with 100 g RUTF for a long period has a positive impact on muscle mass and anemia but not on the zinc status of the patients.
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Impact of daily consumption of Moringa (Moringa oleifera) dry leaf powder on iron status of Senegalese lactating women.
TL;DR: The amount of digestible protein in the powder could suggest that the consumption of Moringa was beneficial to the rural women by preventing weight loss during the rainy season, but its use needs additional rigorous clinical trials to confirm its nutritional benefits.
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Physical Activity Level and Sedentary Behaviors among Public School Children in Dakar (Senegal) Measured by PAQ-C and Accelerometer: Preliminary Results
Adama Diouf,Mbeugué Thiam,Nicole Idohou-Dossou,Ousmane Diongue,Ndé Mégné,Khady Diallo,Pape Malick Sembène,Salimata Wade +7 more
TL;DR: Although PAQ-C is an uncomplicated routine method, various activities were not adapted for genuine activities in Senegalese children and therefore needs to be validated in African children.
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The relationship of female physical attractiveness to body fatness
Guanlin Wang,Kurosh Djafarian,Chima A. Egedigwe,Asmaa El Hamdouchi,Robert Ojiambo,Harris Ramuth,Sandra J. Wallner-Liebmann,Sonja Lackner,Adama Diouf,Justina Sauciuvenaite,Catherine Hambly,Lobke M. Vaanholt,Mark D. Faries,John R. Speakman +13 more
TL;DR: The covariance of BF% and BMI with age indicates that the role of body fatness alone, as a marker of attractiveness, has been overestimated, while raters appeared to use body fat percentage and BMI as markers of age.