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Browsing Research Articles (Human Nutrition) by Subject "Body composition"
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(Elsevier, 2023-04)BACKGROUND : Placental insufficiency negatively impacts fetal growth and body composition (BC), potentially affecting lifelong health. Placental insufficiency, detectable as an abnormal umbilical artery resistance index ...
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(NISC (Pty) Ltd, Medpharm Publications, and Informa UK Limited, 2019)OBJECTIVE : The aim was to describe the anthropometry, bone mineral content (BMC), bone mineral density (BMD), dietary calcium intake and 25(OH)D3 levels in 11- and 12-year-old children in a peri-urban area. DESIGN : A ...
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Bone health, body composition, and vitamin D status of black preadolescent children in South Africa (MDPI Publishing, 2019-05-31)Optimal bone health is important in children to reduce the risk of osteoporosis later in life. Both body composition and vitamin D play an important role in bone health. This study aimed to describe bone health, body ...
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(MDPI Open Access Journals, 2019-08)Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a practical alternative to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) for determining body composition in children. Currently, there are no population specific equations available ...
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(MDPI, 2021-06)Lower resting energy expenditure (REE) may partially explain the disproportionate prevalence of overweight/obesity among black African women. As no previous studies have investigated the REE of Southern African (South. ...
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