weight control
collocation in Englishmeaningsofweightandcontrol
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weight
noun
uk/weɪt/us/weɪt/
the amount that something or ...
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control
noun
uk/kənˈtrəʊl/us/kənˈtroʊl/
the act of controlling something or someone, or the power to ...
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(Definition ofweightandcontrolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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No otherweightcontroltheory would have suggested it.
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These guidelines include those for medicinal products forweightcontroland irritable bowel syndrome.
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The next section shows that evolutionary ideas were also helpful in the study ofweightcontrol.
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Emotions and cognitions associated with bingeing andweightcontrolbehaviour in bulimia.
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Younger women's emphasis onweightcontrolhas been explained in terms of socialisation, anti-fat prejudice and consumer culture.
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In addition to being common amongst the women, dieting andweightcontrolactivities are explained by reasons that fall within two broad categories, namely motivations of health and beauty.
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They involved a desire to be slimmer with a contrary challenging of the pressures surrounding size and physical appearance and a laissez-faire attitude to diet andweightcontrol.
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Instead, one finds a dramatic increase in advertisements for diets or other methods ofweightcontrolduring the 1890s.
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The concern with these groups lies particularly with their modest average age, indicating poorweightcontrolin early stages in life.
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These include requirements for a nutrition statement on the label and that the food must be capable of contributing toweightcontrolor weight reduction.
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Recommendations are, therefore, made which apply to the whole community in terms of diet, cigarette smoking,weightcontroland physical activity.
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Circulating levels of both hormones are an important factor inweightcontrol.
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Generally, cardiac exercise (treadmill, walking, etc.) are approved for rehabilitation post-surgery and forweightcontrol.
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Healthyweightcontrolis the primary objective of the system.
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