Several aspects of body composition, in particular the amount and distribution of body fat
and the amount and composition of lean mass, are now understood to be important health …

Malnutrition in cancer patients results from multifactorial events and is associated with an
alteration of quality of life and a reduced survival. A simple nutritional assessment program …

Objectives. The development of recommendations for physicians, nurse practitioners, and
nutritionists to guide the evaluation and treatment of overweight children and adolescents …

Adequate nutrition during cancer plays a decisive role in several clinical outcome measures,
such as treatment response, quality of life, and cost of care. However, the importance of …

Background: Although estimation of percentage body fat with the Slaughter skinfold-
thickness equations (PBF Slaughter) is widely used, the accuracy of this method has not …

Background Body composition in children is generally measured by 2-component (2C)
models, which are subject to error arising from variation in fat-free mass (FFM) composition …

Objective: To compare the most commonly used equations to predict body fatness from
skinfold thickness, in male and female adolescents, with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry …

Leptin may have a role in the initiation of puberty and the regulation of subsequent weight
gain, but this hypothesis has not been tested by longitudinal study. We report data from 40 …

There is increasing interest in body composition in paediatric research, as distinct from
growth and nutritional status, as almost all diseases have adverse effects on either fatness …

Simple anthropometric measurements and indices are the most commonly used tools for
assessing body composition. Only a few papers have examined the sensitivity and …