Body composition refers to the physical material that makes up the body. This chapter focuses on body composition assessment in humans. Because of the health effects of excess body fat (e.g., increased risk of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer) and of being underweight (e.g., ...
Given the importance of body composition in maintaining optimal physical and functional capacities, the use of appropriate, field-based assessment tools should be a priority to assist in maintaining the occupational safety of firefighters and the community. For ease, body mass index has often been us...
A review is presented discussing the direct assessment of the body composition of man using 8 analyses of bodies donated for medical research. The proximate body composition of adult humans, size and body composition of adult men and women, indirect methods for determining body composition and gener...
Four methods of assessing body composition were compared in 55 black and 35 white, Division I, American Football players. Percent body fat (%BF) was estimated with hydrostatic weighing at residual volume, corrected for race; seven-site skinfolds (7 SF), corrected for race; bioelectrical impedanc...
Methodology review: using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) for the assessment of body composition in athletes and active people. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is rapidly becoming more accessible and popular as a technique to monitor body composition, especially in athletic p... ...
This paper reviews four methods ranging in availability and clinical detail. The alternatives are use of skinfolds, electrical impedance, underwater weighing and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. These should provide the practitioner with viable options to consider in the assessment of body composition...
Esposito JG, Thomas SG, Kingdon L, Ezzat S: Comparison of body composition assessment methods in patients with human immunodeficiency virus-associated wasting receiving growth hormone. J Clin Endocrinol & Metab. 91 (8): 2952-2959. Pre-publication history The pre-publication history for this paper...
Methods: The study was conducted in 10 lactating mothers who were participating in a longitudinal study aimed at determining maternal body composition, iron stores and vitamin A status during the third trimester pregnancy and four months after they had given birth. Maternal and infant anthropometric ...
The inter-relationships and alter nativity of body composition variables derived from simple anthropometry [BMI and Skin Folds (SFs) prediction equations] and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) with dual energy x-ray (DXA) of healthy sixty nine children (37 boys and 32 girls) aged 9.24卤1.73...
Besides demonstrating the value of multifrequency impedance measurements in the assessment of body composition, our findings indicate the necessity of further methodological research to validate the method under controlled conditions. 展开 关键词: Body composition - Sport - Multi-frequency - Impedance ...