BACKGROUND AND AIMS Patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at a high risk of malnutrition and retain an altered body composition. We hypothesized that anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) alpha therapy may improve dietary intake and have a beneficial influence on body composition in these patients. METHODS Our study involved 40 IBD outpatients (33 Crohn's disease, 7 ulc...

INTRODUCTION Being overweight or obese is associated with a higher rate of survival in patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This paradoxical relationship indicates that the influence of nutritional status on functional parameters should be further investigated. OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of nutritional status on body composition, exercise capacity and ...

BACKGROUND In chronic respiratory failure (CRF), body composition strongly predicts survival. METHODS A prospective randomised controlled trial was undertaken in malnourished patients with CRF to evaluate the effects of 3 months of home rehabilitation on body functioning and composition. 122 patients with CRF on long-term oxygen therapy and/or non-invasive ventilation (mean (SD) age 66 (10) y...

BACKGROUND Associations between food choice and body composition in previous studies of adolescents have been inconsistent. This may be due to the body composition measures used, or these associations may be affected by the dieting status of adolescents. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between dietary patterns and body composition in adolescents, and determine if ...

Due to the lack of full agreement as best indicators for obesity diagnosis and type, aim this study was assess comparative classification capabilities with use BIA results selected anthropometric indices in individuals aged 20–60 years. This a cross-sectional observational among 368 Caucasian subjects Body size four skinfolds measurement were taken. To individual body composition, bioelectrical...

IMPORTANCE Evidence that longer-term and exclusive breastfeeding reduces child obesity risk is based on observational studies that are prone to confounding. OBJECTIVE To investigate effects of an intervention to promote increased duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding on child adiposity and circulating insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, which regulates growth. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTI...

BACKGROUND Self-reported physical activity (PA) and sleep duration (SLP) change markedly throughout adolescence. We sought to quantify changes in objectively-measured PA, sedentary time (ST) and SLP through adolescence, and to investigate baseline body composition and baseline activity levels as determinants of change. METHODS Individually calibrated combined heart rate and movement sensing w...

Amaç: Yapılan çalışmadaki amaç farklı ülkelerin U/17-U/19 grubu sporcularının vücut kompozisyon ve somatotiplerinin karşılaştırılmasıdır. Çalışmada futbolcuların kütle, yaş, boy belirli antropometrik ölçümlerin Türk Kuzey Makedonyalı sporcular arasında olan farklılıkları araştırılmıştır. 
 Yöntem: Çalışmanın denek 2020-21 sezonunda Darıca Gençlerbirliği kulübü U/17 (kütle 62.2±7.6 kg, yaş ...

BACKGROUND While relationships between sleep and BMI have been extensively studied in younger children the effect of sleep duration on adiposity in adolescents, who are undergoing rapid growth periods, is less well known. There is also a lack of consistent evidence on the role of sleep on other measures of adolescent body composition which may be more reflective of health than BMI in this age g...

OBJECTIVE We examined whether dietary energy intake (EI) and dietary energy density (ED) were cross-sectionally associated with body composition of children living in Southwest China. DESIGN AND METHODS Multivariate regression analyses were performed on three day, 24 h dietary recall data and information on potential confounders from 1207 participants aged 8-14 years. EI was calculated from a...