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Muscle strength and body composition in severe obesity

Clinics
OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to evaluate associations between maximum voluntary contraction torques of the lower limbs and body composition for subjects with severe obesity.
Alexandre Vieira Gadducci, Roberto de Cleva, Gabriela Correia de Faria Santarém, Paulo Roberto Santos Silva, Julia Maria D’Andréa Greve, Marco Aurélio Santo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Age and gender-related fat mass index and fat- free mass index patterns among adolescents in Surulere LGA, Lagos

Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics
Background: Percent body fat, fat mass and fat mass index are measures of body fat while fat free mass and fat free mass index measure lean mass. These measures of body composition vary with age and sex.
Nwizu SE, Njokanma OF, Okoromah CAN, David AN   +3 more
doaj  

Age-related Features of Bone Mineral Density Changes in Girls of Donetsk Region

Zdorovʹe Rebenka, 2012
By using of dual-energy densitomet0er Discovery QPR (Bedford, USA) there was carried out an examination of 89 girls from one of secondary schools in Donetsk.
F.V. Klymovytsky, Povoroznyuk V.V., N.N. Balatska   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relation of body mass index, fat mass index and fat-free mass index to blood pressure in children aged 7–12 in Shandong, China

Annals of Human Biology, 2011
Body mass index (BMI) is widely used to assess the prevalence of childhood obesity in populations and its relationship with blood pressure has been observed. However, no studies on the distribution of fat mass index (FMI) and fat-free mass index (FFMI) and their relationship with blood pressure have been reported.The present study examined the ...
Shu-Rong Wang, Ying-Xiu Zhang
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Anthropometry, body composition, and athletic performance in specific field tests in Paralympic athletes with different disabilities

Heliyon, 2022
Purpose: The structural appearance of each disabled athlete or the shape of their body, as determined by their individual genotype and influenced by the environment, considerably affects their technical and physical performance.
Moncef Cherif, Mohamed Ahmed Said, Karim Bannour, Majed M. Alhumaid, Mounira Ben Chaifa, Marwa Khammassi, Abdallah Aouidet   +6 more
doaj  

The variations of body mass index and body fat in adult Thai people across the age spectrum measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2011
Kaweesak Chittawatanarat1,2, Sakda Pruenglampoo3, Siriphan Kongsawasdi4, Busaba Chuatrakoon4, Vibul Trakulhoon5, Winai Ungpinitpong6, Jayanton Patumanond21Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, 2Clinical Epidemiology Unit, 3Research Institute for ...
Chittawatanarat K, Pruenglampoo S, Kongsawasdi S, Chuatrakoon B, Trakulhoon V, Ungpinitpong W, Patumanond J   +6 more
doaj  

New insights into the effects of irisin levels in HIV-infected subjects: correlation with adiposity, fat-free mass, and strength parameters

Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2017
Objective Patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have an increased risk of metabolic disorders and alterations on irisin levels.
Joice Cristina dos Santos Trombeta, Jonato Prestes, Dahan da Cunha Nascimento, Ramires Alsamir Tibana, Guilherme Borges Pereira, Thiago da Rosa Lima, Géssica Alves Fraga, Roberto Carlos Vieira-Junior, Fabrício Azevedo Voltarelli   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dietary intake of vitamin D in adult outpatients with different degrees of obesity coming from an urban community [PDF]

Pharmacia
The aim of the present study was to investigate in-depth the dietary intake of vitamin D of subjects with different BMI in relation to serum vitamin D status. The survey covered 264 individuals, aged 19 to 60 years. Vitamin D deficiency was found in 33.3%
Maria Georgieva Nikolova, Kristina Pavlova Kilova, Valentina Boyanova Petkova, Adolf Ali Alakidi   +3 more
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Breastfeeding and complementary feeding associated with body composition in 18–19 years old adolescents in the 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort

BMC Nutrition, 2017
Background The first years of life are critical for human development, therefore it is important to investigate early factors that may influence the development of body composition later in life.
Silvana Paiva Orlandi, David A. González-Chica, Romina Buffarini, Maria Cristina Gonzalez, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Fernando C. Barros, Maria Cecília Formoso Assunção   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The efficacy of fat-free mass index and appendicular skeletal muscle mass index in cancer malnutrition: a propensity score match analysis. [PDF]

Front Nutr, 2023
Ji W, Liu X, Liu P, He Y, Zhao Y, Zheng K, Cui J, Li W.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source