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Eight weeks of resistance training in conjunction with glutathione and L-Citrulline supplementation increases lean mass and has no adverse effects on blood clinical safety markers in resistance-trained males
BackgroundSupplementation of combined glutathione (GSH) with L-citrulline in response to a single bout of resistance exercise has been shown to...
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Do gender and ethnic differences in fasting leptin in Indians and Creoles of Mauritius persist beyond differences in adiposity?
Recent body composition studies on the island of Mauritius in young adults belonging to the two main ethnicities—Indians (South Asian descent) and...
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Visceral Adipose Tissue as a Risk Factor for Diabetes Mellitus in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis: A Cross-sectional, Observational Study
IntroductionVisceral adipose tissue (VAT) is a risk factor for diabetes and we investigated the amount of VAT in patients with chronic pancreatitis...
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International society of sports nutrition position stand: diets and body composition
Position Statement: The International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) bases the following position stand on a critical analysis of the literature...
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Sleep, Diet, and Cardiometabolic Health Investigations: a Systematic Review of Analytic Strategies
Purpose of ReviewPoor sleep is a risk factor for cardiometabolic morbidity. The relationship of sleep and cardiometabolic health could be confounded,...
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Decreased eating frequency linked to increased visceral adipose tissue, body fat, and BMI in Hispanic college freshmen
BackgroundTo investigate the relationship between eating frequency and specific adiposity markers in a potentially high-risk and understudied...
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BMI is a poor predictor of adiposity in young overweight and obese children
BackgroundThe body mass index (BMI) is a simple and widely utilized screening tool for obesity in children and adults. The purpose of this...
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Validation of anthropometric and bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) equations to predict total body water in a group of Cameroonian preschool children using deuterium dilution method
BackgroundLittle information is available on the validity of anthropometry or impedance-based equations for prediction of total body water (TBW) in...
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Body composition-derived BMI cut-offs for overweight and obesity in Indians and Creoles of Mauritius: comparison with Caucasians
Background and Aims:Global estimates of overweight and obesity prevalence are based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) body mass index (BMI)...
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Proposal of new body composition prediction equations from bioelectrical impedance for Indonesian men
Background/Objectives:Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is one of the most affordable and feasible body composition assessment techniques for...
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Changes in Resting Energy Expenditure in Relation to Body Weight and Composition Following Gastric Restriction: A Systematic Review
In comparison to gastric bypass surgery, gastric restriction without malabsorption more closely simulates dietary adherence while still producing...
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Evaluation of Sarcopenia by DXA
There are four body composition phenotypes widely used to describe older adults: normal, sarcopenic, obese, and sarcopenic obese. In this paper, we...
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Body composition during growth in children: limitations and perspectives of bioelectrical impedance analysis
There are a number of differences between the body composition of children and adults. Body composition measurements in children are inherently...
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Are the metabolic changes of pregnancy reversible in the first year postpartum?
Aims/hypothesisMaternal metabolic alterations are essential to achieve healthy pregnancy outcomes, but increasing maternal parity may be associated...
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Obesity-related insulin resistance: implications for the surgical patient
In healthy surgical patients, preoperative fasting and major surgery induce development of insulin resistance (IR). IR can be present in up to 41% of...
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Body Fat in Children Measured by DXA, Air-Displacement Plethysmography, TBW and Multicomponent Models: A Systematic Review
To conduct a systematic literature review to identify studies that used indirect methods to assess body fat in healthy children. A systematic review...
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Pros and cons of CLA consumption: an insight from clinical evidences
This comprehensive review critically evaluates whether supposed health benefits propounded upon human consumption of conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs)...
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Body composition assessment and nutritional status evaluation in men and women Portuguese centenarians
ObjectivesTo assess body composition, nutritional status and its differences between genders in a sample of Portuguese centenarians.
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Cardiometabolic Profile Related to Body Adiposity Identifies Patients Eligible for Bariatric Surgery More Accurately than BMI
BackgroundEligibility criteria for bariatric surgery (BS) are based on BMI and the presence of major comorbidities. Our aim was to analyze the...
