Body composition measurement in severe obesity

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 602-606

  Das, Sai Krupa ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 compartment models; Body composition; Extracellular water; Severe obesity

Indexed keywords

FAT; LIPID; WATER;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; LIPID STORAGE; MEASUREMENT; MORBID OBESITY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; REVIEW; TOTAL BODY WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 27744432297     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mco.0000171122.60665.5f     Document Type: Review

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