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Body Composition

Known as: Body Compositions, Composition, Body, Compositions, Body 
The relative amounts of various components in the body, such as percentage of body fat.
National Institutes of Health

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Adipose tissueBody FatBody water (substance)body density

Broader (2)

Anatomic structuresBody Constitution

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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Body composition in prepubertal girls: comparison of six methods
OBJECTIVE: To compare estimates of fat mass (FM), fat-free mass (FFM) and percentage body fat (%fat) by six different methods in… 
1987
1987
Nutrition Education, Body Composition, and Dietary Intake of Female College Athletes.
In brief: This study examined the effects of nutrition education (through individual counseling) on the body composition and diet… 
1987
1987
TOBEC methodology for body composition assessment: a cross-validation study.
The accuracy of prediction equations for estimating lean body mass (LBM) from total-body electrical conductivity (TOBEC) was… 
1986
1986
Evaluation of urea dilution as a technique for estimating body composition of beef steers in vivo: validation of published equations and comparison with chemical composition.
Urea dilution equations for prediction of empty body water in live cattle, developed by three separate groups of investigators… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Effect of cafeteria feeding on brown and white adipose tissue cellularity, thermogenesis, and body composition in rats.
To determine the effects of cafeteria feeding on brown (BAT) and white (WAT) adipose tissue cellularity, thermogenesis and body… 
1982
1982
Blood Pressure, Body Composition, and Fat Tissue Cellularity in Adults
While total body mass has been recognized for many years as having a strong positive association with blood pressure, it is not… 
1971
1971
Compensatory growth after under-nutrition in market turkeys: effect of low protein feeding and realimentation on body composition.
Synopsis Turkey poults were fed starter diets containing either 29 or 20 per cent crude protein. Live‐weight at 6 weeks was… 
1965
1965
THE GROSS BODY COMPOSITION OF SIX GEOGRAPHIC RACES OF PEROMYSCUS.
The body composition in terms of fat, water, and protein has been determined for 115 deer mice (genus Peromyscus) of six racial… 
1962
1962
Comment on metabolic balance studies as a method of estimating body composition of infants. With special consideration of nitrogen balance studies.
It seems probable that several factors must be considered jointly in explaining the falsely high body content of protein… 
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
Effect of acute fasting in the rat on water and electrolyte content of serum and muscle and on total body composition.
Thirteen acutely fasted male adult rats were compared with six fed controls in respect to serum electrolyte levels (7 rats…