Fat-free mass index: changes and race/ethnic differences in adulthood

Objective: Nutritional status is assessed by measuring BMI or percent body fat (%fat). BMI can misclassify persons who carry more weight as fat-free mass and %fat can be misleading in cases of malnutrition or in disease states characterized by wasting of lean tissue. The fat-free mass index (FFMI) i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International Journal of Obesity 2011-01, Vol.35 (1), p.121-127
Hauptverfasser:	Hull, H.R, Thornton, J, Wang, J, Pierson, R.N. Jr, Kaleem, Z, Pi-Sunyer, X, Heymsfield, S, Albu, J, Fernandez, J.R, VanItallie, T.B, Gallagher, D
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	692/699/1702/295 692/700/139/1735 706/689/523 Absorptiometry, Photon - methods Adipose Tissue - anatomy & histology Adipose Tissue - pathology Adolescent Adult Adults African Americans - statistics & numerical data Age Aged Aged, 80 and over Asian Americans - statistics & numerical data Biological and medical sciences Body Composition Body fat Body Height - ethnology Body Mass Index Body Weight - ethnology Bone Density Bone mineral density Cross-Sectional Studies Cultural differences Epidemiology European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data Female Females Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Health sciences Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data Humans Internal Medicine Male Malnutrition Malnutrition - ethnology Malnutrition - pathology Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Metabolic Diseases Middle Aged Minority & ethnic groups Mortality New York - epidemiology Nutrition research Nutritional status Nutritional Status - ethnology Obesity original-article Physiological aspects Public Health Weight control Young Adult
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