Fat-free mass loss generated with weight loss in overweight and obese adults: What may we expect?

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-93

  Dixon, J B ^a,b   Lambert, E A ^a,b   Grima, M ^a   Rice, T ^a   Lambert, G W ^a,b   Straznicky, N E ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body composition; Fat; Observational study; Treatment guidelines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT FREE MASS; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NUTRITION; OVERWEIGHT; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTORIA; WEIGHT LOSS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84919471573     PISSN: 14628902     EISSN: 14631326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dom.12389     Document Type: Article

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