Reliable and valid body composition assessment is important in both clinical and research
settings. A multitude of methods and techniques for body composition measurement exist, all …

Advances in the technological qualities of imaging modalities for assessing human body
composition have been stimulated by accumulating evidence that individual components of …

Differences in body composition are associated with increased disease risk in various
stages of life. Despite numerous available methods in assessing body composition (air …

Background: Precise and accurate measurements of body composition are useful in
achieving a greater understanding of human energy metabolism in physiology and in …

The low cost, ease of application and portability of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)
and spectroscopy (BIS) devices make them attractive tools for measuring acute changes in …

Objective: To investigate which indices to relate with metabolic risk among body
composition. Design and methods: As a cross sectional study, a total of 47 healthy Korean …

Actualmente el control de peso es un tema de interés sanitario prioritario debido al aumento
en la incidencia de sobrepeso y obesidad en los países desarrollados (Aranceta & Serra …

Introduction: Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans are the gold standard method
for measuring bone mineral density (BMD) calculations for the assessment and …

Disability leads to immobilisation associated with profound changes in body composition.
The potential risks involved with these changes ie loss of lean tissue mass (LM) and bone …

Dissertação (Mestrado em Fisiopatologia Clínica e Experimental)–Faculdade de Ciências
Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 2015. A obesidade é …