Evaluation of body fat changes during weight loss by using improved anthropometric predictive equations

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 297-304

  García, Ada L ^a   Wagner, Karen ^a   Einig, Christiana ^a   Trippo, Ulrike ^a   Koebnick, Corinna ^a   Zunft, Hans Joachim F ^a,b  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measurements; Body composition; Body fat; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Predictive equations, body fat changes; Weight reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33744810863     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092601     Document Type: Article

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