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The role of nutritional factors in fat-free mass preservation and body composition changes after bariatric surgery: a systematic review of the available evidence. [PDF]

Eat Weight Disord
Abiri B, Valizadeh M, Seifi Z, Amini S, Haidari F.   +4 more
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Body Composition in Swiss Elite Wheelchair Athletes

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2020
The aim of this study was to retrospectively interpret body composition in various wheelchair athletes. In total, 69 athletes (mean ± standard deviation; age 33 ± 11 years; body mass 65.1 ± 14.8 kg; height 169.9 ± 14.9 cm and time since injury 19 ± 11 ...
Joelle Leonie Flueck
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Body composition in preschool children with short stature: a case-control study

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Background Short stature is defined as height below 2 standard deviations of the population with the same age, gender. This study is aimed to assess the characteristics of body composition in preschool children with short stature.
Yi-ting Ji, Li-li Li, Shi-zhong Cai, Xiao-yan Shi   +3 more
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Is an Exercise Intervention the only way to Reduce Visceral Fat without Reducing Fat-free Mass in Children and Adolescents? [PDF]

Exercise Medicine, 2021
OBJECTIVES To maintain proper development, it is recommended that children/adolescents focus more on increasing physical activity than dietary restriction when treating obesity.
Takashi Abe, Jeremy P. Loenneke
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Low Fat-Free Mass Index Measured by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Correlates With Hematologic Adverse Events in Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study

Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment, 2022
Background: Low muscle mass is associated with worse cancer treatment outcomes. Although dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry or computerized tomography-based analysis have both been widely studied in this clinical setting, studies in the use of ...
Jirawat Thanestada MD, Varalak Srinonprasert MD, Akarin Nimmannit MD, Krittiya Korphaisarn MD, Pornpoj Pramyothin MD, Charuwan Akewanlop   +5 more
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New fat free mass - fat mass model for use in physiological energy balance equations

Nutrition & Metabolism, 2010
Background The Forbes equation relating fat-free mass (FFM) to fat mass (FM) has been used to predict longitudinal changes in FFM during weight change but has important limitations when paired with a one dimensional energy balance differential equation ...
McDougall Andrew, Mayer Laurel, Martin Corby K, Levine James A, Das Sai, Thomas Diana, Strauss Boyd J, Heymsfield Steven B   +7 more
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Differences in body composition measured using the bioelectrical impedance analysis with steel and gel electrodes – on an example of professional fencers

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2018
Introduction: Regular assessment of body composition in athletes is a key element of their nutritional status and general condition monitoring. Purpose: Analysis of differences in the impedance (I) and body composition measurements performed by the use
Olga Mizera, Anna Mróz, Lucyna Kozlowska   +2 more
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Somatic characteristics and body composition in Czech sub-elite female handball players

Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Kinanthropologica, 2020
The somatic parameters and body composition are important indicators of physical fitness and general health not only non-athletes, but of athletes. The aim of this study was to determine the somatic characteristics and body composition in 15 Czech sub ...
Ivana Kinkorová, Eva Brožová, Martin Komarc   +2 more
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Influence of Body Composition on Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Metabolic Markers in Physically Inactive Individuals with Insulin Resistance: An Observational Study

Applied Sciences, 2023
The aim of this study was to determine body composition influence on cardiorespiratory fitness and metabolic markers in physically inactive individuals with insulin resistance (IR). Nineteen overweight and obese (body mass index [BMI] 25.0–29.9 kg·m−2; ≥
Jairo Azócar-Gallardo, Alex Ojeda-Aravena, Eduardo Báez-San Martín, Victor Campos-Uribe, Luis González-Rojas, María A. Castillo Cerda, José Manuel García-García   +6 more
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Evolution of body composition following successful kidney transplantation is strongly influenced by physical activity: results of the CORPOS study

BMC Nephrology, 2021
Background Weight gain (mainly gain of fat mass) occurs quickly after successful kidney transplantation and is associated with metabolic complications (alterations of glycaemic control, hyperlipidaemia). Determinants of weight gain are multifactorial and
Karine Moreau, Aurélie Desseix, Christine Germain, Pierre Merville, Lionel Couzi, Rodolphe Thiébaut, Philippe Chauveau   +6 more
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