Scientific article unige28862. The measurement of human body composition allows for the estimation of body tissues organs and their distributions in living persons without inflicting harm.
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Advances in the science and application of body composition measurement. Evaluating complexity invasiveness and cost only dexa ct and bia may represent the methods of choice to assess body. Transactions of the institute of measurement and control 1011770142331217705946 40 8. Body composition is known to be associated with several diseases such as cardiovascular disease diabetes cancers osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. Body composition measurements are useful in assessing the effectiveness of nutritional interventions and monitoring the changes associated with growth and disease conditions. Despite these advances the clinical measurement of body composition remains limited to the determination of tbw ffm fat mass and bone mass by bioelectrical impedance analysis dxa and ct mainly because other technologies are still either too complex and expensive or too imprecise. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition 2012 vol.
Search for more papers by this author. 36 n 1 p. Elen aromão and paula g. The main measurement technique is based on the differential attenuation by bone fat and lean tissue of transmitted photons at two energy levels 4. Numerous techniques for body composition analysis are currently available. Home titles list advances in the science and application of body composition measurement.
Research workshop current advances in the science and application of body composition measurement was supported by award number 5u13dk064190 from the national institute. The comprehensive view of body composition provided by dxa makes it an attractive technique for a variety of clinical applications such as the prevention of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases clinical management of different chronic diseases and monitoring of the impact of treatment regimens on body tissues. Anthropometry including the 4 skinfold method hydrostatic weighing in vivo neutron activation analysis anthropogammametry from total body 40 k nuclear magnetic resonance dual energy x ray absorptiometry dexa computerized tomography ct and bioelectrical impedance analysis bia. Laboratory of epidemiology demography and biometry national institute on aging bethesda maryland. Advances in the science and application of body composition measurement. From a nutritional perspective the interest in body composition has increased multi fold with the global increase in the prevalence of obesity and its complications.
Advances in the science and application of body composition measurement. Chiarello estimation of body composition and water data depends on the bioelectrical impedance device journal of. Advances in the science and application of body composition measurement. Department of oncology university of alberta edmonton ab canada. In addition to bmd assessment dxa devices are capable of mea suring body composition of the total body or body regions.
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