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From:Indian Journal of Human Genetics (Vol. 19, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedByline: Moushira. Zaki, Hanan. Afifi Objective: This cross-sectional study was undertaken to construct the new body fat % curve and provide body composition reference data for adolescent girls with Turner syndrome...
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From:Journal of Asian Medical Student Association (Vol. 3, Issue S1) Peer-ReviewedINTRODUCTION We sought to determine the association of TV-viewing time and physical activity with body composition, fat distribution, cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis in an Asian...
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From:Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism (Vol. 37, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedThe majority of cancer patients experience some form of body composition change during the disease trajectory. For example, breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and prostate cancer patients undergoing androgen...
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From:International Journal of Obesity (Vol. 32, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedObjective: To evaluate over a 7-year follow-up period the relationships between changes in body composition, fat distribution and pulmonary function in a sample of elderly men and women. Design: Longitudinal clinical...
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From:European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol. 69, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedThere are a number of differences between the body composition of children and adults. Body composition measurements in children are inherently challenging, because of the rapid growth-related changes in height, weight,...
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From:European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol. 67, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (MFBIA) is increasingly being used to assess peritoneal dialysis patients. Protein energy wasting (PEW) is a recognised complication of peritoneal...
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From:European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol. 67, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Functional garments for physiological sensing purposes have been used in several disciplines, that is, sports, firefighting, military and medicine. In most of the cases, textile electrodes...
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From:International Journal of Obesity (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedOBJECTIVE: We have previously shown that 24 young lean men (12 pairs of identical twins) subjected to a standardized 353 MJ (84 000 kcal) overfeeding protocol over 100 days exhibited individual differences in body...
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From:Evidence - Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Vol. 2017) Peer-ReviewedBackground. There is a negative relationship between sleep deprivation and health. However, no study has investigated the effect of sleep deprivation on individuals with different body composition. The aim of this study...
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From:Archives of Disease in Childhood (Vol. 85, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAbstract There is increasing interest in body composition in paediatric research, as distinct from growth and nutritional status, as almost all diseases have adverse effects on either fatness or the fat-free mass....
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From:Archives of Disease in Childhood (Vol. 87, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAims: To obtain normative data on bone mineral density and body composition measured with dual energy x ray absorptiometry (DXA) from early childhood to young adulthood. Methods: Cross sectional results from 444...
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From:Early Human Development (Vol. 81, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedAbstract The prevalence of obesity, sarcopenia and osteoporosis is rising and there is increasing interest in determinants operating in early life. Fetal programming is the phenomenon whereby alterations in fetal growth...
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From:Medicinski Pregled (Vol. 67, Issue 7-8) Peer-ReviewedBody composition represents an unbreakable unity of the human body basic structure elements and involves a relative representation of the various constituent elements of the human total body weight. It is well known...
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From:PLoS Genetics (Vol. 9, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe strongest BMI-associated GWAS locus in humans is the FTO gene. Rodent studies demonstrate a role for FTO in energy homeostasis and body composition. The phenotypes observed in loss of expression studies are complex...
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From:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedConsistent practice of physical activity has well known positive effects on general health; however, time for exercise remains one major barrier for many. An acute bout of high intensity interval resistance training...
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From:Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (Vol. 7) Peer-ReviewedMixed formula supplements are very popular among recreational and professional weightlifters. They are usually known as PAKs and they are supposed to have a synergistic effect of their different nutrients. The purpose...
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From:International Journal of Obesity (Vol. 28, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedOBJECTIVE:: To examine the effect of age on the relationship between fat-free mass (FFM) and fat mass (FM), and fat-free mass index (FFMI) and fat mass index (FMI) by applying body composition chart analysis on pre- and...
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From:International Journal of Obesity (Vol. 40, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed
Protein intake in early childhood and body composition at the age of 6 years: The Generation R Study
Background: Previous studies suggest that high protein intake in infancy leads to a higher body mass index (BMI) in later childhood. We examined the associations of total, animal and vegetable protein intake in early... -
From:The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (Vol. 9, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Overweight in children and adolescents have increased significantly and are a major public health problem. To allow international comparisons, Switzerland joined the European study 'ENERGY' cross sectional...
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From:BMC Medicine (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Whether testosterone treatment has benefits on body composition over and above caloric restriction in men is unknown. We hypothesised that testosterone treatment augments diet-induced loss of fat mass and...