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Improved precision of 3-dimensional optical imaging for anthropometric measurement using non-rigid avatar reconstruction and parameterized body model fitting

open access: yesClinical Nutrition Open Science, 2023
Summary: Background: Three-dimensional optical imaging for digital anthropometry and body composition estimation is increasingly available to health professionals and individual consumers. The purpose of the present analysis was to examine the precision
Grant M. Tinsley   +4 more
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Evaluation of a Proposal for Movement Integration in the Teaching–Learning Process in Early Childhood Education

open access: yesChildren, 2022
Physical activity is essential to child development, but studies show that children are increasingly inactive. Due to schools being considered privileged environments to promote physical activity, the aim of this study was to increase the physical ...
Adriana Nielsen-Rodríguez   +3 more
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Effects of a ketogenic diet on body composition and strength in trained women

open access: yesJournal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2020
Background The effect of ketogenic diets (KD) on body composition in different populations has been investigated. More recently, some have recommended that athletes adhere to ketogenic diets in order to optimize changes in body composition during ...
Salvador Vargas-Molina   +6 more
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The Limited Impact of Low-Volume Recreational Dance on Three-Compartment Body Composition and Apparent Bone Mineral Density in Young Girls

open access: yesChildren, 2022
Recreational dance is practiced worldwide as a multidimensional physical activity with a potential for prevention of a sedentary lifestyle and overweight/obesity.
Chiara Milanese   +4 more
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Puberty and Body Composition [PDF]

open access: yesHormone Research in Paediatrics, 2003
Body composition during puberty is a marker of metabolic changes that occur during this period of growth and maturation, and, thus, holds key information regarding current and future health. During puberty, the main components of body composition (total body fat, lean body mass, bone mineral content) all increase, but considerable sexual dimorphism ...
Roger M, Siervogel   +7 more
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The heritability of body composition [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Pediatrics, 2021
Abstract Background Physical growth during childhood and adolescence is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. Heritability, the proportion of phenotypic variance explained by genetic factors, has been demonstrated for stature and weight status. The aim of this study was to explore the heritability of body
Avivit Brener   +7 more
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Digital anthropometry for body circumference measurements: Toward the development of universal three‐dimensional optical system analysis software

open access: yesObesity Science & Practice, 2021
Background/Objective Digital anthropometric (DA) assessments are increasingly being administered with three‐dimensional (3D) optical devices in clinical settings that manage patients with obesity and related metabolic disorders.
Sima Sobhiyeh   +7 more
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The Acute Effects of a Relative Dose of Pre-Sleep Protein on Recovery Following Evening Resistance Exercise in Active Young Men

open access: yesSports, 2021
The purpose of the present study was to assess the acute effects of pre-sleep consumption of isocaloric casein protein (CP), CP and whey protein (BLEND), or non-caloric control (CTRL) at a dose relative to lean body mass (LBM) on recovery following an ...
Juliana V. Costa   +2 more
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Measuring body composition [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Disease in Childhood, 2005
Several aspects of body composition, in particular the amount and distribution of body fat and the amount and composition of lean mass, are now understood to be important health outcomes in infants and children. Their measurement is increasingly considered in clinical practice; however, paediatricians are often unsure as to which techniques are ...
J C K, Wells, M S, Fewtrell
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Effects of two pre-workout supplements on concentric and eccentric force production during lower body resistance exercise in males and females: a counterbalanced, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

open access: yesJournal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2017
Background Pre-workout supplements purportedly enhance feelings of energy, reduce fatigue and improve exercise performance. The purpose of this study was to examine the performance effects of caffeinated and non-caffeinated multi-ingredient pre-workout ...
Grant M. Tinsley   +7 more
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