Comparison of body composition methods during weight loss in obese women using herbal formula

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 851-858

  Kim, Ho Jun ^a   Gallagher, Dympna ^b   Song, Mi Yeon ^c,d  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BIA; Body Composition; DXA; Herbal Formula; Weight Loss

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOPANAX EXTRACT; ANGELICA EXTRACT; BENINCASAE EXTRACT; CITRUS FRUIT EXTRACT; CNIDIUM RHIZOME; EUCOMMIACEAE EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; LYCIUM EXTRACT; MULBERRY EXTRACT; PINE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPORUS EXTRACT; PORIA EXTRACT; REHMANNIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHOPANAX; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BENINCASAE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EUCOMMIACEAE; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KOREA; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LYCIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MULBERRY; OBESITY; PINE; POLYPORUS; PORIA; PREMENOPAUSE; REHMANNIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DIET, REDUCING; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 31144442147     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X05003454     Document Type: Article

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