UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Aerobic capacity (VO2max) is highly dependent upon body composition of an individual and body composition varies with ethnicity. The purpose of this study was to check the concurrent validity of the non-exercise prediction equation developed by Jackson and colleagues (1990) using percentage body fat as a variable in Asian Indian adults. METHODS One hundred twenty coll...

BACKGROUND Longitudinal studies in infants and children suggest that low total energy expenditure (EE) (TEE) and parental body composition are important predisposing factors to obesity. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine potential predictors of changes in total or percentage body fat over 2.7 y in premenarcheal girls. DESIGN We studied 47 normal-weight prepubertal girls aged 4.8...

Sixteen dry ewes of the fat-tailed Barbary breed were used to formulate prediction equations of body water, fat, protein and energy content from the live body weight (BW) and the dilution space of deuterium oxide (SD O). Ewes were injected 2 with 0.5 g D O/kg BW and four blood samples collected after infusion. The D O content of blood water was determined by 2 2 infra-red spectrometry. Ewes wer...

Objective: Nowadays the value of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) in the estimation of body adiposity both on a clinical basis in the individual and epidemiologically in large populations is of great interest. The current study determine accuracy of BIA compared with body mass index (BMI) measurement for estimating body composition in a group of normal weight employee women with a sedenta...

Purpose: To assess the dietary intake and body composition of recreational and competitive female athletes, for the purpose of analyzing the relationships between macronutrient intake and body composition.. The main aim was to determine the relationship between caloric intake, carbohydrate (CHO) intake and protein intake with body fat percentage in active females. Methods: Using an IRB approved...

Visceral fat is highly correlated with metabolic syndrome in obese adolescents. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and to assess the effect of a long-term (1 year) intervention with multidisciplinary therapy in predicting metabolic syndrome among obese adolescents, as well as to compare short- with long-term therapy. Eighty-three postpuberty obese adol...

BACKGROUND South Asians were reported to have a higher liver fat content as compared to BMI-matched Caucasians. This study compared the increase in liver fat content in response to overfeeding with a high fat diet in South Asian and Caucasian men when matched for body fat percentage. METHODS Ten South Asian men (BMI 18-29 kg/m(2)) and 10 Caucasian men (BMI 22-33 kg/m(2)), aged 20-40 y, matche...

The blood lactate level has been used as an indicator of the ability to perform endurance exercise in clinical practice (1). Moreover, during high intensity exercise, lactate production is higher than its removal from the body. Therefore, the lactate threshold (LT) level is an excellent indicator for predicting endurance capacity (1). Individuals with a high LT level have delayed onset of muscl...