Body composition and obesity

Nutritional obesity and body composition

It will be abundantly evident from other papers in this symposium that obesity is not a common feature in modem farm animals nor should it be inferred from the inclusion of this paper that nutritional obesity is an inevitable consequence of the consumption of animal products. The justification for including this subject rests entirely on the obsession with human obesity in our overnourished wes...

Body Composition Assessment of Obesity

Body composition measurement in severe obesity.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Severe obesity is accompanied by large increases in fat mass and alterations in the composition of fat free mass, in particular total body water and its extracellular compartment. The physical size limitations imposed by severe obesity, and variations in body composition from that of normal weight, pose tremendous challenges to the measurement of body composition. This review ...

Chapter 2 Body Composition Assessment of Obesity

Laparoscopic gastric banding and body composition in morbid obesity.

BACKGROUND AND AIM Gastric banding induced considerable and rapid weight loss in morbid obesity. Nevertheless data on changes in body composition following gastric banding are scanty. In this study, we evaluated the 2-year changes in body composition in a small group of morbidly obese women treated by laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) associated with a well balanced low-calorie die...