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Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 There is lack of information about bone mineralization at the lumbar spine and bilateral hips of athletes with unilateral lower limb amputation. The present study assessed for the first time the areal bone mineral density at the lumbar spine and at the ...
Valentina Cavedon +4 more
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Clinical 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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Effects of once-weekly semaglutide vs once-daily canagliflozin on body composition in type 2 diabetes:a substudy of the SUSTAIN 8 randomised, controlled clinical trial [PDF]
, 2020 Aims/hypothesis: Intra-abdominal or visceral obesity is associated with insulin resistance and an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to compare the effects of semaglutide 1.0 mg and canagliflozin 300 mg on body composition in a ...
Catarig, Andrei-Mircea +6 more
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Pathways to interleukin-6 in healthy males and serious leisure male athletes: physical activity, body composition and age. [PDF]
, 2012 Physical activity (PA) is beneficial to overall health, in part due to physiological changes that lower risk factors for cardiovascular disease, including reduced inflammation. However, the mechanism by which PA reduces inflammation is unclear.
Brecht, Mary-Lynn +2 more
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Body image perception and body composition: assessment of perception inconsistency by a new index [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: A correct perception of the body image, as defined by comparison with actual anthropometric analyses, is crucial to ensure the best possible nutritional status of each individual.
Bramanti, B. +4 more
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Children, 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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Measuring body composition [PDF]
Archives 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 ...
Jonathan C. K. Wells, Mary Fewtrell
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Children, 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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Effects of a ketogenic diet on body composition and strength in trained women
Journal 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 Extra Load Index as a method for comparing the relative economy of load carriage systems [PDF]
, 2010 The Extra Load Index (ELI) has been proposed as a suitable method of assessing the relative economy of load carriage systems. The purpose of this study was to determine, based on empirical evidence, that the ELI can accommodate variations in both body ...
Cooke, Carlton +4 more
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