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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 This study assesses if a lower dose of whey protein can provide similar benefits to those shown in previous work supplementing Army Initial Entry Training (IET) Soldiers with two servings of whey protein (WP) per day.
Jeremy S. McAdam +15 more
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Roczniki Panstwowego Zakladu Higieny, 2023 Background. Fat and fat-free/muscle mass and their ratio reflecting the possible presence of obesity or sarcopenic obesity are important in assessing body composition. Objective.
Martina Gažarová +2 more
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023 Background Obesity, as measured by body mass index, is widely recognized as a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease. However, the role of body composition components such as fat and lean mass is not well studied. Methods and Results A
Tamara Horwich +5 more
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Ketogenic diet-induced weight loss is associated with an increase in vitamin d levels in obese adults [PDF]
, 2019 Vitamin D is an important micronutrient involved in several processes. Evidence has shown a strong association between hypovitaminosis D and cardio-metabolic diseases, including obesity.
Gigliotti, S +9 more
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Fat Free Mass and Fat Free Mass Index as Reference Variables for Expiratory and Inspiratory Flow Rates [PDF]
IOSR Journal of Pharmacy (IOSRPHR), 2013 Flow rates are very important factors which affect the volume and speed at which air is moved into and out of lung. Body Mass Index and Waist Hip ratio are the most commonly used parameters nowadays to assess obesity and the diseases associated with it. But both the parameters have the limitation of not distinguishing between fat compartment and muscle
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Body composition in clinical practice [PDF]
, 2016 Nutritional status is the results of nutrients intake, absorption and utilization, able to influence physiological and pathological conditions. Nutritional status can be measured for individuals with different techniques, such as CT Body Composition ...
Andreoli, A +3 more
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Fat–fat-free index in body mass assessment in young people
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 The study aimed to personalize the classification of body weight using the fat–fat-free (FFF) index with the percentage of body fat and to develop classification standards for the FFF index for men aged 18–25 years.
Agnieszka Chwałczyńska +3 more
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Correlates of calcaneal quantitative ultrasound parameters in patients with diabetes: the study on the assessment of determinants of muscle and bone strength abnormalities in diabetes [PDF]
, 2017 OBJECTIVE: Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) provides an estimate of bone mineral density (BMD) and also evaluates bone quality, which has been related to increased fracture risk in people with diabetes.
Alessi, Elena +11 more
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Hygiene and Environmental Health Advances, 2022 Background: The associations between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and obesity in adolescent remained unclear when considering imaging based methods such as dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanning.
Li-Zi Lin +16 more
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Relationships among fat mass, fat-free mass and height in adults: A new method of statistical analysis applied to NHANES data [PDF]
, 2017 Objectives: The positive influence of fat mass (FM) on fat-free mass (FFM) has been quantified previously by various methods involving regression analysis of population data, but some are fundamentally flawed through neglect of the tendency of taller
Burton, Richard F.
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