A review of body composition measurement in the assessment of health

Topics in Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 16-32

  Toomey, Clodagh M ^a   Cremona, Alexandra ^a   Hughes, Katie ^a   Norton, Catherine ^a   Jakeman, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Body composition; body fat mass index; measurementmethods; obesity; sarcopenia; visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; COMMUNITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOPENIA; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84922330291     PISSN: 08835691     EISSN: 15505146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TIN.0000000000000017     Document Type: Review

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