BACKGROUND The measurements of body mass index (BMI) and percentage of body fat are used in many clinical situations. However, special tools are required to measure body fat. Many formulas are proposed for estimation but these use constant coefficients of age. Age spectrum might affect the predicted value of the body composition due to body component alterations, and the coefficient of age for ...

BACKGROUND The minimum intensity of physical activity (PA) that is associated with favourable body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) remains unknown. OBJECTIVE To investigate cross-sectional associations of PA and sedentary time (ST) with body composition and CRF in mid-childhood. METHODS PA, ST, body composition and CRF were measured in a population-based sample of 410 childr...

BACKGROUND The protein-calorie malnutrition, resulting in muscle mass loss, frequently occurs in severe COPD patients with chronic respiratory failure (CRF), causing dyspnea, reduced exercise tolerance and impaired quality of life.The cause of this occurrence is an intake-output energy imbalance. A documented deficit of phosphocreatine and reduced mithocondrial energy production can contribute ...

Background: In recent years, several studies show contradictory results regarding body composition in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Adiposity Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriasic has been associated to inflammatory activity, but it is not clear what happens JIA. Objectives: To describe the anthropometric parameters of patients with JIA compared healthy controls analyze risk factors patients. Met...

Low back pain (LBP) and obesity are major public health problems; however, the relationship between body composition and low back pain in men is unknown. This study aims to examine the association between body composition and LBP and disability in a populationbased sample of men, as well as the factors that may affect this relationship. Nine hundred seventy-eight male participants from the Geel...

s of the 9th International Conference on Cachexia, Sarcopenia, and Muscle Wasting, Berlin, Germany, 10–11 December 2016 (part 2) 1-39 A review of body composition, bone mineral density, and anthropometry in a cohort of 2521 women presenting for bone mineral density testing in a tertiary centre Boyd J. G. Strauss, Ming Li Yee & Christopher Gilfillan Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sci...