The evolution of body composition in oncology—epidemiology, clinical trials, and the future of patient care: facts and numbers

JC Brown, EM Cespedes Feliciano… - Journal of cachexia …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… The purpose of this paper is to provide a concise overview of the facts and numbers that …
body composition and cancer prognosis, (2) evidence from clinical trials with body composition

Aging and imaging assessment of body composition: from fat to facts

F Ponti, A Santoro, D Mercatelli, C Gasperini… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
body composition (BC) changes occurring with age. The aging process is indeed characterized
by an increase in body … physiological fluctuations in weight and body mass index (BMI). …

Need for body composition information in elderly subjects

RJ Kuczmarski - The American journal of clinical nutrition, 1989 - Elsevier
… as greater numbers ofpeople … is given to describe some ofthe practical reasons why body
compositionbody composition data in elderly subjects include the following uses: to prevent …

[PDF][PDF] Body composition and aging

B Steen - Nutrition Reviews, 1988 - researchgate.net
… in body compartments are important. In the field of clinical geriatrics, body composition is also
… Changes of body cell mass, body fat, and body water occur frequently in both disease and …

Body composition assessment in athletes: a systematic review

S Mazić, B Lazović, M Đelić, J Suzić-Lazić… - Medicinski …, 2014 - doiserbia.nb.rs
… and establishing the athlete’s body composition structure. Regardless of the fact that we
are now able to measure a number of different body composition indicators we do not always …

Body build and body composition

J Brožek, A Keys - Science, 1952 - science.org
… recent quantitative-anmino acid composition data. Values obtained for the specific volume
of a number of proteins calculated from their amino acid composition are compared in Table 1 …

Body composition, changing physiological functions and nutrient requirements of the elderly

I Elmadfa, AL Meyer - Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2008 - karger.com
… Age has an important impact on body composition. The decreases of lean body mass
and total body water accompanied by an increase of body fat are the most relevant changes …

Human body composition: a review of adult dissection data

JP Clarys, AD Martin, MJ Marfell‐Jones… - American Journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
… of body composition assessment. It is useful to distinguish two different approaches to body
composition analysis: anatomical, where the bodynumber failed to report the subject’s body

Aging and body composition: biological changes and methodological issues

S Going, D WILLIAMS, T LOHMAN - Exercise and Sport Sciences …, 1995 - journals.lww.com
… : that have important effects on health and functional capacity occur with ag : ing A substantial
body of literaure is available that describes a number of trends, among them an increase …

Comparison of the effectiveness of body mass index and body fat percentage in defining body composition.

AR Goonasegaran - Singapore medical journal, 2012 - search.ebscohost.com
… This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of body fat percentage (BFP) against
BMI in defining body composition. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted on …