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Short-Term Analysis (8 Weeks) of Social Distancing and Isolation on Mental Health and Physical Activity Behavior During COVID-19

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cities and states adopted social distancing, social isolation, or quarantine measurements to slow the transmission of the disease.
Jessica Ann Peterson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Ramadan Fasting on Weight and Body Composition in Healthy Non-Athlete Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

open access: yesNutrients, 2019
Background: Ramadan involves one month of fasting from sunrise to sunset. In this meta-analysis, we aimed to determine the effect of Ramadan fasting on weight and body composition.
Hamish A Fernando   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Body composition measurements [PDF]

open access: yesItalian Journal of Pediatrics, 2014
Accurate assessment of body composition is important in obesity and in many areas of nutrition-related research. The foundation of the development of body composition analysis has been the two-compartment model, dividing body mass into fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM). A range of techniques are available.
Paolo Brambilla, Angelo Pietrobelli
openaire   +2 more sources

Effects of Exercise and Nutritional Intervention on Body Composition, Metabolic Health, and Physical Performance in Adults with Sarcopenic Obesity: A Meta-Analysis

open access: yesNutrients, 2019
People with sarcopenic obesity (SO) are characterized by both low muscle mass (sarcopenia) and high body fat (obesity); they have greater risks of metabolic diseases and physical disability than people with sarcopenia or obesity alone.
Kuo-Jen Hsu   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Influence of Resistance Exercise on Appetite and Affect Following Pre-Sleep Feeding

open access: yesSports, 2018
To determine changes in appetite, affect and cortisol in response to an acute bout of resistance exercise (RE) the morning after consuming whey (WP) and casein (CP) protein and a non-caloric placebo (PLA) consumed pre-sleep, 14 active men (n = 5) and ...
Takudzwa A. Madzima   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recent Issues on Body Composition Imaging for Sarcopenia Evaluation

open access: yesKorean Journal of Radiology, 2018
Recently, sarcopenia has garnered renewed interest. Sarcopenia is a disease characterized by decreased skeletal muscle mass and strength/function, which can impair the quality of life and increase physical disability, adverse metabolic effects, and ...
Koeun Lee   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sex differences in body composition and association with cardiometabolic risk

open access: yesBiology of Sex Differences, 2018
Body composition differs between men and women, with women having proportionally more fat mass and men more muscle mass. Although men and women are both susceptible to obesity, health consequences differ between the sexes. The purpose of our study was to
Melanie Schorr   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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 ...
Ellen W. Demerath   +7 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Changes in total and segmental bioelectrical resistance are correlated with whole-body and segmental changes in lean soft tissue following a resistance training intervention

open access: yesJournal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2019
Background Raw bioelectrical values can be used to assess physiological outcomes, though limited information is available concerning the relationships between changes in these values and changes in other variables of interest.
Grant M. Tinsley   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of body composition assessment by DXA and BIA according to the body mass index: A retrospective study on 3655 measures

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
Background and aims Body composition assessment is often used in clinical practice for nutritional evaluation and monitoring. The standard method, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), is hardly feasible in routine clinical practice contrary to ...
N. Achamrah   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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