Journal article
Body composition: what's new?
- 2002-07-11
Published in:
- Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care. - 2002
Adipose Tissue
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Body Composition
Body Mass Index
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
English
PURPOSE OF REVIEW
Body mass index has been shown to be an imprecise measurement of fat-free and fat mass, and provides no information if weight changes occur as a result of a decrease in fat-free mass or an increase in fat mass.
RECENT FINDINGS
Non-invasive body composition methods (i.e. bioelectrical impedance analysis, air displacement plethysmography) can now be used to monitor fat-free and fat mass with weight gain and loss, and during aging. This review discusses body composition measurements in terms of ethnic differences, physical activity, and age, and the limitations of bedside techniques in obesity and abnormal hydration status.
SUMMARY
An assessment of the fat-free and fat mass provides valuable information about changes in body composition with weight gain or loss and physical activity, and during aging. Non-invasive bedside techniques can now be used to evaluate the nutritional status of healthy and ill individuals.
Body mass index has been shown to be an imprecise measurement of fat-free and fat mass, and provides no information if weight changes occur as a result of a decrease in fat-free mass or an increase in fat mass.
RECENT FINDINGS
Non-invasive body composition methods (i.e. bioelectrical impedance analysis, air displacement plethysmography) can now be used to monitor fat-free and fat mass with weight gain and loss, and during aging. This review discusses body composition measurements in terms of ethnic differences, physical activity, and age, and the limitations of bedside techniques in obesity and abnormal hydration status.
SUMMARY
An assessment of the fat-free and fat mass provides valuable information about changes in body composition with weight gain or loss and physical activity, and during aging. Non-invasive bedside techniques can now be used to evaluate the nutritional status of healthy and ill individuals.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1097/00075197-200207000-00012
- PMID 12107379
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/226453
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