Background Pre-natal and post-natal growth are associated with adult body composition, but the relative importance of growth in different periods of childhood is still unclear, particularly in stunted populations. Methods ...

El presente estudio tiene como objetivo evaluar el nivel de concordancia entre la Bioimpedancia eléctrica multifrecuencia y el método antropométrico Relative Fat Mass, en la estimación del porcentaje de grasa corporal. La ...

Background: Sarcopenic elderly present low muscle mass and strength, however, it is not clear if the inflammatory and metabolic profile is more related to low lean mass or high fat mass in sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic ...

PURPOSE: Body composition is known to influence the development and progression of chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs). We sought to characterize the unique anthropometric phenotypes that present with asthma, chronic ...

Non-invasive methods for estimating body composition to monitor nutritional status in goats have been less studied. Therefore, this study estimated the body composition and fat depots of pregnant goats by using indirect ...

Adolescence is an important period for the acquisition of bone mass, which can be enhanced by several factors. This study aimed examine the relationships of handgrip strength, free-fat mass, and fat mass with bone mineral ...

NAFLD has become the leading cause of chronic liver disease in children, as a direct consequence of the high prevalence of childhood obesity. This study aimed to characterize body composition trajectories from childhood ...

Ageing is a natural and inevitable process with degenerative changes in most of the physical, physiological, psychological and social functions. Furthermore, the ageing process has an impact on the body composition ...

Objective: To assess the relative influence of maternal body composition at late gestation on birth weight.