Body Composition, Obesity, and Exercise

Effect of a Selected Exercise Program on Physical Literacy and Body Composition of Elementary School Girls with Overweight and Obesity

Background and Objective: Physical literacy refers to onechr('39')s capacity to adopt  a healthy and physically active lifestyle. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of a selected exercise program on physical literacy and body composition of overweight and obese elementary school girls. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted based on a pre-test-post-te...

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

Regular exercise modulates obesity factors and body composition in sturdy men

The purpose of this study was to find the change and correlation between obesity factors and body composition according to regular exercise. Thirty-six sturdy men at twenty years old in 'K' university students were participated in this study. The subjects were randomly divided into two groups (n= 18 in each group): control group and regular exercise group. Exercise program composed of three pro...

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 ...