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Body composition assessment in nutrition research: value of BIA technology
There is wide variability in the shape and size of an individual and their body composition. This partly reflects inherent genetic differences, but to a large extent is determined by the extent to which their ...
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Effect of physiological doses of oral vitamin B12 on plasma homocysteine: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial in India
Vitamin B12 (B12) deficiency is common in Indians and a major contributor to hyperhomocysteinemia, which may influence fetal growth, risk of type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The purpose of this paper ...
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Protein turnover
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Relationship between birth weight and urea kinetics in children
To explore the effect of birth weight on urea kinetics in young healthy children.
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Prevalence of risk of undernutrition is associated with poor health status in older people in the UK
Objective: To establish the prevalence of the risk of undernutrition, using criteria similar to those used by the Malnutrition Advisory Group (MAG), in people aged 65 y and over, and to identify relationships bet...
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Nitrogen Metabolism in Preterm Infants Fed Human Donor Breast Milk: the Possible Essentiality of Glycine
Summary: Nitrogen metabolism was studied in three preterm infants (mean gestation 32 wk) by the method of consecutive metabolic balance. The absorption and retention of nitrogen from breast milk was measured, ...
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Muscle Mass and Composition in Malnourished Infants and Children and Changes Seen after Recovery
Summary: A method for measuring muscle mass in children with [15N]creatine has been used to study changes in muscle after recovery from protein-energy malnutrition. Creatine pool size, muscle mass, total muscle c...