Assessing body composition in gastrointestinal disorders

Lorenzo, Antonino De; Maiolo, C.; Mohamed, Ehab I.; Casini, Alessandro

doi:10.1007/s00592-003-0053-7

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“…Since 1986, seven international conferences have provided updates on methodology as well as applications of various methods for body composition studies (Alpsten and Mattsson 1998, De Lorenzo and Mohamed 2003, Elia and Stratton 2005, Yasumura et al 1990. There are also a number of extensive monographs to which the interested reader is referred (Forbes 1987, Kreitzman and Howard 1993.…”

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Development of methods for body composition studies

2006

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This review is focused on experimental methods for determination of the composition of the human body, its organs and tissues. It summarizes the development and current status of fat determinations from body density, total body water determinations through the dilution technique, whole and partial body potassium measurements for body cell mass estimates, in vivo neutron activation analysis for body protein measurements, dual-energy absorptiometry (DEXA), computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI, fMRI) and spectroscopy (MRS) for body composition studies on tissue and organ levels, as well as single- and multiple-frequency bioimpedance (BIA) and anthropometry as simple easily available methods. Methods for trace element analysis in vivo are also described. Using this wide range of measurement methods, together with gradually improved body composition models, it is now possible to quantify a number of body components and follow their changes in health and disease.

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