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Account for Increased Fat Mass [PDF]

open access: yesDeutsches Ärzteblatt international, 2016
With regard to risk factors for osteoporosis, I would like to point out (1) that obesity, while having a positive effect on fractures, such as hip, pelvic and wrist fractures, is associated with an increased risk of ankle, lower leg and proximal humeral fractures in postmenopausal women (2).
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Are Ethnic and Gender Specific Equations Needed to Derive Fat Free Mass from Bioelectrical Impedance in Children of South Asian, Black African-Caribbean and White European Origin? Results of the Assessment of Body Composition in Children Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a potentially valuable method for assessing lean mass and body fat levels in children from different ethnic groups.
Cook Derek G.   +43 more
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Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with increase in fat mass and decrease in lean mass in Brazilian women: A cohort study

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition, 2022
ObjectiveTo investigate the association between ultra-processed food consumption at 23–25 years of age and measurements of body composition–fat mass, fat mass distribution and lean mass at 37–39 years of age in Brazilian adults.Methods1978/1979 birth ...
Lívia Carolina Sobrinho Rudakoff   +11 more
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Consistency of fat mass–fat-free mass relationship across ethnicity and sex groups [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Nutrition, 2010
The model developed by Forbes (1987) of how body fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM) change during periods of weight loss or gain (Δ body weight (BW)) assumed that they change in relationship to a constantC = 10·4, where ΔFFM/ΔBW = 10·4/(10·4+FM). Forbes derivedCbased on aggregated, cross-sectional data from a small sample of women.
Stephanie T, Broyles   +9 more
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Genetic markers of obesity risk: stronger associations with body composition in overweight compared to normal-weight children. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Genetic factors are important determinants of overweight. We examined whether there are differential effect sizes depending on children's body composition.
Kries, Rüdiger von   +17 more
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Comprehensive evaluation of body composition in a wide age range of Iranian adults using bioelectrical impedance analysis: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

open access: yesPublic Health Nutrition
Objective: To evaluate sex- and age-stratified body composition (BC) parameters in subjects with wide age range of 20–79 years. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Participants of Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS). Participants: Two thousand nine
Mahdieh Mohamadzadeh   +6 more
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Visceral Adiposity Index, Body Fat Index and Fat Mass In Patients with Chronic Renal Failure

open access: yesHaseki Tıp Bülteni, 2020
Aim:The aim of this study was to investigate the level of visceral adiposity index (VAI), body fat index and fat mass in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF).Methods:A total of 231 subjects were enrolled, of which 83, 64 and 84 subjects were ...
Sema Kunt, Şakir Özgür Keşkek
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Relationship between Regional Body Fat Distribution and Diabetes Mellitus: 2008 to 2010 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys [PDF]

open access: yesDiabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2017
BackgroundThe aim of this study was to investigate the association between regional body fat distribution, especially leg fat mass, and the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in adult populations.MethodsA total of 3,181 men and 3,827 postmenopausal ...
Soo In Choi   +6 more
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Relationship of Body Composition with Height and Weight in Attendants of Cancer Patients

open access: yesPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2023
Objective: To discern the relationship of height and weight with body composition in healthy attendants of cancer patients. Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Muhammad Sohaib Nadeem   +5 more
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Fat Mass and Obesity-Associated Gene (FTO) in Eating Disorders: Evidence for Association of the rs9939609 Obesity Risk Allele with Bulimia nervosa and Anorexia nervosa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Objective: The common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs9939609 in the fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) is associated with obesity. As genetic variants associated with weight regulation might also be implicated in the etiology of eating ...
Wichmann, Heinz-Erich   +67 more
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