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  2. Freshman 15 - Wikipedia

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    The term "Freshman 15" is an expression commonly used in the United States and Canada to refer to weight gain during a student's first year in college.Although the 15 refers to a 15 lb. (6.8 kg) weight gain, the expression can apply to weight gain in general.

  3. Flexibility (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    Movement demands include strength, endurance and range of motion. Training oversights occurs when the body is overused. [9] Internally, the joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments can affect one's flexibility. As previously mentioned, each part of the body has its own limitations and combined, the range of motion can be affected.

  4. Human skeleton - Wikipedia

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    The axial skeleton (80 bones) is formed by the vertebral column (32–34 bones; the number of the vertebrae differs from human to human as the lower 2 parts, sacral and coccygeal bone may vary in length), a part of the rib cage (12 pairs of ribs and the sternum), and the skull (22 bones and 7 associated bones).

  5. Human brain - Wikipedia

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    Although the human brain represents only 2% of the body weight, it receives 15% of the cardiac output, 20% of total body oxygen consumption, and 25% of total body glucose utilization. [138] The brain mostly uses glucose for energy, and deprivation of glucose, as can happen in hypoglycemia, can result in loss of consciousness. [139]

  6. Underweight - Wikipedia

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    Using the body mass index as a measure of weight-related health, with data from 2014, age-standardised global prevalence of underweight in women and men were 9.7% and 8.8%, respectively. These values were lower than what was reported for 1975 as 14.6% and 13.8%, respectively, indicating a worldwide reduction in the extent of undernutrition.

  7. Flywire (FLYW) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript - AOL

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    These are all parts of the strategy that we really refined and honed in on in 2024. Pipeline is big, winning new deals and expecting a strong Q1 in ARR signings for the education business.

  8. Body fat percentage - Wikipedia

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    However, its accuracy declines at the extremes of body fat percentages, tending to slightly understate the percent body fat in overweight and obese persons (by 1.68–2.94% depending on the method of calculation), and to overstate to a much larger degree the percent body fat in very lean subjects (by an average of 6.8%, with up to a 13% ...

  9. Muscle - Wikipedia

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    [16] [17] [page needed] The myocardium is the muscle tissue of the heart and forms a thick middle layer between the outer epicardium layer and the inner endocardium layer. Coordinated contractions of cardiac muscle cells in the heart propel blood out of the atria and ventricles to the blood vessels of the left/body/systemic and right/lungs ...