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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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ANALYZER, BODY COMPOSITION
Anthropometry
Body mass index procedure
aspects of radiation effects
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Narrower (5)
Adipose tissue
Body Fat
Body water (substance)
body density
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Broader (2)
Anatomic structures
Body Constitution
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Review
2012
Review
2012
Global nutrition transition and the pandemic of obesity in developing countries.
B. Popkin
,
L. Adair
,
S. Ng
Nutrition reviews
2012
Corpus ID: 44967221
Decades ago, discussion of an impending global pandemic of obesity was thought of as heresy. But in the 1970s, diets began to…
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
A practical and precise approach to quantification of body composition in cancer patients using computed tomography images acquired during routine care.
M. Mourtzakis
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C. Prado
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J. Lieffers
,
T. Reiman
,
L. Mccargar
,
V. Baracos
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism…
2008
Corpus ID: 207093833
Human body composition is important in numerous cancer research domains. Our objective was to evaluate clinically accessible…
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
The loss of skeletal muscle strength, mass, and quality in older adults: the health, aging and body composition study.
B. Goodpaster
,
S. Park
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+7 authors
A. Newman
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological…
2006
Corpus ID: 24404188
BACKGROUND The loss of muscle mass is considered to be a major determinant of strength loss in aging. However, large-scale…
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Review
2005
Review
2005
Measuring body composition
J. Wells
,
M. Fewtrell
Archives of Disease in Childhood
2005
Corpus ID: 28685215
Several aspects of body composition, in particular the amount and distribution of body fat and the amount and composition of lean…
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Body Composition in Healthy Aging
R. Baumgartner
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
2000
Corpus ID: 20779354
Abstract: Health risks in elderly people cannot be evaluated simply in conventional terms of body fatness or fat distribution…
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
Effect of conjugated linoleic acid on body composition in mice
Yeonhwa Park
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K. Albright
,
Wei Liu
,
J. Storkson
,
M. Cook
,
M. Pariza
Lipids
1997
Corpus ID: 3979731
The effects of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) on body composition were investigated. ICR mice were fed a control diet containing…
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Growth, Maturation and Physical Activity
R. Malina
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C. Bouchard
,
O. Bar-or
1992
Corpus ID: 72286756
Introducing the Basics of Growth, Maturation, and Performance. Age- and Sex-Associated Variation in Growth. Age- and Sex…
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Review
1987
Review
1987
Methods for the assessment of human body composition: traditional and new.
H. Lukaski
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
1987
Corpus ID: 3884949
Renewed interest in the assessment of human body composition has stimulated the need for a balanced understanding of available…
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Validation of tetrapolar bioelectrical impedance method to assess human body composition.
H. Lukaski
,
W. Bolonchuk
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C. B. Hall
,
W. Siders
Journal of applied physiology
1986
Corpus ID: 44184800
This study was conducted to validate the relationship between bioelectrical conductance (ht2/R) and densitometrically determined…
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Review
1985
Review
1985
Practical Assessment of Body Composition.
A. Jackson
,
M. Pollock
Physician and sportsmedicine
1985
Corpus ID: 205465034
In brief: The assessment of body composition has become an important method for determining a desirable body weight of adults and…
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