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Body Composition - Research News and Information
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Definition of 'Body Composition'The relative amounts of various components in the body, such as percent body fat. Common names: Body Composition; Body Compositions; Composition, Body; Compositions, Body |
2 Nov 2008 
BACKGROUND: Growth hormone secretion and muscle mass decline from midpuberty throughout life, culminating in sarcopenia, frailty, decreased function, and loss of independence. The decline of growth hormone in the development of sarcopenia is one of ... Read more...
30 Oct 2008 BACKGROUND: Most bone ultrasound devices are designed for through-transmission measurements of the calcaneus. In principle, ultrasound backscattering measurements are possible at more typical fracture sites of the central skeleton. Unfortunately, ... Read more...
13 Oct 2008 OBJECTIVE: To explore the association of measures of body composition with disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: Patients with RA underwent total body dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry for measurement of total and regional ... Read more...
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Latest indexed articles for 'Body Composition'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Summaries for patients. Effects of an oral ghrelin mimetic on body composition and clinical outcomes in healthy older adults.
2 Nov 2008 - Effects of an oral ghrelin mimetic on body composition and clinical outcomes in healthy older adults: a randomized trial. 2 Nov 2008
- Use of growth hormone secretagogues to prevent or treat the effects of aging: not yet ready for prime time.
2 Nov 2008 - Dual-frequency ultrasound technique minimizes errors induced by soft tissue in ultrasound bone densitometry. 30 Oct 2008
- Association of body composition with disability in rheumatoid arthritis: impact of appendicular fat and lean tissue mass. 13 Oct 2008
- [Is there a unique measuring method to assess obesity?] 10 Oct 2008
- The influence of basal metabolic rate on blood pressure among indigenous Siberians. 29 Sep 2008
- Phase angle is a prognostic factor for survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 29 Sep 2008
- Benefits of high-protein weight loss diets: enough evidence for practice? 29 Sep 2008
- Adipose tissue expandability: the metabolic problems of obesity may arise from the inability to become more obese. 29 Sep 2008
- Independent and opposite associations of hip and waist circumference with metabolic syndrome components and with inflammatory and atherothrombotic risk factors in overweight and obese women. 29 Sep 2008
- White blood cell count and abdominal fat distribution in female obese adolescents. 29 Sep 2008
- In search of a practical tool to assess regional body composition. 29 Sep 2008
- Long-term persistence of adaptive thermogenesis in subjects who have maintained a reduced body weight. 29 Sep 2008
- Positive energy balance is associated with accelerated muscle atrophy and increased erythrocyte glutathione turnover during 5 wk of bed rest. 29 Sep 2008
- No evidence of mass dependency of specific organ metabolic rate in healthy humans. 29 Sep 2008
- Associations between birth weight and later body composition: evidence from the 4-component model. 29 Sep 2008
- Comparison of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and magnetic resonance imaging-measured adipose tissue depots in HIV-infected and control subjects. 29 Sep 2008
- The influence of sex and obesity phenotype on meal fatty acid metabolism before and after weight loss. 29 Sep 2008
- Measurement of nutrition status in Crohn's disease patients receiving infliximab therapy. 29 Sep 2008
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Technical information about 'Body Composition'
Definition: The relative amounts of various components in the body, such as percent body fat.
Descriptor UI: D001823
Alternative terms: Body Composition; Body Compositions; Composition, Body; Compositions, Body;
Related Mesh Headings: Anthropometry;
Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects;
Tree Number: G02.111.097; G03.180;