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About the Author

Links to peer-review journals and academic research papers that cited Autor’s Book

Links to peer-reviewed journals and academic research papers cited the author’s research on Type 1 Diabetes

Links to the author’s published books

Links to books published by the author in the past (currently out of print)

Links to Internet forums discussions of the author’s analysis of popular theories of obesity

Acknowledgements

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About the Author

For most of his life, Luka Tunjic (pronounced loo-ka too-nyich) made a living by working as an electrician on construction sites in Austria, the UK, and the USA, and currently working in the UK. His interest in human movement began in early childhood when he realized that cows straighten their knee fully when walking and that most humans (not all) maintain, more or less, bent knees when walking. Later, he realized that apart from humans, all other animals of the same race maintain gait and posture almost identical to each other. Look at any group of animals of the same type that live and feed together; it is noticeable that they have similar, almost identical gaits and body postures. Look at any group of humans; it is noticeable that they have different gaits and body postures. He discovered many other fascinating differences between humans and animals, which helped him understand more about health conditions that affect humans, not animals. (Type 1 diabetes is nonexistent in animals that live in their natural environment. Even among humans, no one was born with Type 1 diabetes.)

He recently found that one of my studies about Type 1 diabetes published on my website in 2013 was used in a study, “Kinematic Analysis of the Musculoskeletal System Diabetic Type I”, – published in 2018 in the European Scientific Journal and the ResearchGate (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325608769_Kinematic_Analysis_of_the_Musculoskeletal_System_Diabetic_Type_I)
The study confirms the finding in his research about musculoskeletal characteristics in people with type 1 diabetes.
^{Note! The link to his website, ” Modern Science of Biomechanics”, on that published paper is old and doesn’t work. The working link is: https://www.modernscienceofbiomechanics.com/postural-profile-of-people-with-type-1-diabetes/musculoskeletal-profile-of-normal-weight-people-withou}

Besides working as an electrician, his interest in human movement and comparison to animal movement grew stronger as time passed.
In 2005 he published my study of the biomechanical factors in weight gain, weight loss, and body mass distribution in the book “Obesity, Gravity, Strength and Balance”. Although he earned no money from publishing, a few peer-reviewed journals and academic research papers still cited his work published in that book. (Links to citation sources are provided in the second next paragraph.)
During the lockdown, he was working on editing end republishing my book, which was initially published in 2005. In May 2020, he published edited content of part one of the “Obesity, Gravity, Strength and Balance” under the title “Mechanical Stimulations, Low-Grade Inflammation, Weight Gain” with the subtitle “Muscles Upward-Lifting Activity, Weight Loss”.
In December 2021, he published the edited content of part two containing exercises for weight loss in a separate book, under the title; Locomotor Skills and Postural Control Weight Loss Exercises, with the subtitle, Ancient Greek and New Calisthenics – Beauty and Strength Exercises

After the publication of his book “Locomotor Skills and Postural Control Weight Loss Exercises” with the subtitle “Ancient Greek and New Calisthenics – Beauty and Strength Exercises”, he continued his research about the cause of type 1 diabetes, which resulted in his final research articles.

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Links to peer-review journals and academic research papers that cited Autor’s Book

The Scientific World Journal – Examining the Relationship between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Weight Status: Empirical Evidence from a Population-Based Survey of Adults in Taiwan _{^{(Tai-Hsiung Hung, Pei-An Liao, Hung-Hao Chang, Jiun-Hao Wang, Min-Chen Wu, “Examining the Relationship between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Weight Status: Empirical Evidence from a Population-Based Survey of Adults in Taiwan”, The Scientific World Journal, vol. 2014, Article ID 463736, 7 pages, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/463736)}}

DALLAS SPORTS ACADEMY – Weight Loss For Spine, Biomechanics & Musculoskeletal System – ^{Steven M. Horwitz, D.C. https://www.dallassportsacademy.com/weightloss}

Physical Education of Students -Body composition versus body fat percentage as predictors of posture/balance control mobility and stability among football players under 21 years _{^{(Mohammed Zerf – Professor at Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Mostaganem Algeria, Body composition versus body fat percentage as predictors of posture/balance control mobility and stability among football players under 21 years. Physical education of students. 2017;21(2):96-02. https://doi.org/10.15561/20755279.2017.0208)}}

Dietary Thermodynamics – ^{https://www.eoht.info/page/Dietary%20thermodynamics}

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Links to peer-reviewed journals and academic research papers cited the author’s research on Type 1 Diabetes

European Scientific Journal – Kinematic Analysis of the Musculoskeletal System Diabetic Type I ^{(Atiyat, K., “Abdul Fattah”, O., & Zureigat, A. A. (2018). Kinematic Analysis of the Musculoskeletal System Diabetic Type I. European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 14(15), 414. https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2018.v14n15p414)}

ResearchGate – Kinematic Analysis of the Musculoskeletal System Diabetic Type I ^{(Khaled Atiyat, Osama Abdel Fattah, Ayed Ali Zureigat – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325608769_Kinematic_Analysis_of_the_Musculoskeletal_System_Diabetic_Type_I)}

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Links to the author’s published books.

Mechanical Stimulation Low-Grade Inflammation Weight Gain: Muscles Upward Lifting Activity Weight Loss – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B094MT7JSD

Locomotor Skills and Postural Control Weight Loss Exercises: Ancient Greek and New Calisthenics – Beauty and Strength Exercises – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09NH3BD1J

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Links to books published by the author in the past (currently out of print)

Obesity, Gravity, Strength and Balance – https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Obesity_Gravity_Strength_and_Balance.html?id=kYoyQJTmciUC&redir_esc=y

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Links to Internet forums discussions of the author’s analysis of popular theories of obesity

Diet Talk: Calories IN versus Calories Out – FatSecret – https://www.fatsecret.com/Community.aspx?pa=fp&m=466083

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Acknowledgements

The Author is thankful to Tai-Hsiung Hung, Department of Bio-Industry Communication and Development, Pei-An Liao PhD Shih Hsin University Taiwan, Hung-Hao Chang PhD. Cornell University Professor (Full) at National Taiwan University Taiwan, Jiun-Hao Wang Associate Professor Department of Bio-industry Communication and Development, National Taiwan University, Min-Chen Wu National Taiwan University, Steven M. Horwitz, D.C. Dallas Sports Academy, Mohammed Zerf Professor at Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Mostaganem Algeria, Khaled Atiyat Professor at Jordan university, Osama Abdel Fattah Teacher at Ministry of Education, and Ayed Ali Zureigat Associate Professor, Faculty of Sport Science at the University of Jordan, for citing and referencing my work. (There may be more researchers/scientists citing and referencing my work in their studies, but I am not aware of them at this time. My research over many years I have published in my books, websites, and blogs has been plagiarized by many.) My sincere thanks go to those who cited and referenced my work. The researchers/scientists who cited my work in their studies, research papers, journals, websites, etc., are a source of great gratitude to me.

Also, the Author is thankful to Nikolai Petrovsky, MBBS, FRACP, PhD Professor at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, for his reply on ReserchGate on May 27, 2014, regarding the topic “Does Obesity Protect Against Type 1 Diabetes”. For a long time, the Author believed that Obesity somehow protects against Type 1 diabetes. I was interested to hear what Academics involved in the research of type 1 diabetes think about it, and the author posted the question on Researchgate titled “Does Obesity Protect Against Type 1 Diabetes.” To the Author’s big surprise, they didn’t like to mention that obese people don’t get diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes or that type 1 diabetics are of average weight or underweight at the time of diagnosis. The more arguments the Author provided, the more impolitely they were to him. Some of them start trolling to make the discussion even harder. All participants in the debate were Academics involved in type 1 diabetes research, and it was shocking to see how they turned impolite. A few of them start trolling. One of the last replays was from Nikolai Petrovsky, which greatly satisfied me for all previous frustrating discussions. He was the only one to see some sense in my claim that Obesity somehow protects against Type 1 diabetes. In his reply, he encouraged the author to continue testing the hypothesis. Shortly after, my account (Luke Tunyich)on Researchgate was suspended/deleted for unknown reasons. Soon after, the topic/question “Does Obesity protect against Type 1 Diabetes” was removed from ResearchGate. (This year, somewhere in May, the Author succeeded in again joining the Researchgate as Luka Tunjic.) Still, the replays of participants in the debate are on their profile pages. _{I recently took a screenshot of (the most appreciated) replay to my question/discussion; “Does Obesity Protect Against Type 1 Diabetes”.}