Use of the leg-to-leg bioelectrical impedance method in assessing body- composition change in obese women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 603-607

  Utter, Alan C ^a   Nieman, David C ^a   Ward, Angela N ^a   Butterworth, Diane E ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance; Body composition; Body fat; Energy restriction; Exercise; Fat free mass; Obesity; Percentage body fat; Underwater weighing; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY;

BIA;

EID: 0032932773     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.4.603     Document Type: Article

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