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The heritability of body composition [PDF]
BMC 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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Association Between Body Composition and Frailty in Elder Inpatients
Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2020 Purpose The study aimed to investigate the association between body composition and frailty in elder inpatients. Patients and Methods This is a cross-sectional study including 656 elder inpatients (275 females and 381 males) aged ≥65 years, from ...
Liyu Xu +8 more
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Puberty and Body Composition [PDF]
Hormone 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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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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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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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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Differences in body composition between infants of South Asian and European ancestry: the London Mother and Baby Study. [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: South Asian children and adults have a more adipose body composition compared with those of European ancestry. This is thought to be related to their increased risk of metabolic disorders. However, little is known about how early in life such
Stanfield, KM +14 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 ...
J C K, Wells, M S, Fewtrell
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Three-compartment body composition changes in elite rugby league players during a super league season, measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. [PDF]
, 2011 This study investigated the acute changes in body composition that occur over the course of a competitive season in elite rugby league players. Twenty elite senior players from an English Super League rugby league team underwent a total-body dual-energy ...
O'Hara, J +5 more
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Reproducibility and repeatability of MRI‐based body composition analysis
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2020 There is an absence of reproducibility studies on MRI‐based body composition analysis in current literature. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the between‐scanner reproducibility and the repeatability of a method for MRI‐based body ...
M. Borga +5 more
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