Anthropometric measures are not accurate predictors of fat mass in ALS.

Posted on 22 June 2017, COSMED News, English, Body Composition, Scientific, BOD POD

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A new article on the Journal of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) shows how anthropometric measurements are not effective to measure fat mass in ALS patients.

Estimating fat mass in heart failure patients.

Posted on 20 October 2016, Body Composition, Scientific

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New research from the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin presents an explorative, single-centre, observational, study assessing body composition (BC) in heart failure (HF) patients using a multi-method, two-compartment approach.

Comparison of multiple methods to measure maternal fat mass in late gestation.

Posted on 01 April 2016, Scientific, BOD POD

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The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published a study demonstrating the validity of ADP measurements of fat mass in pregnant women at term.

Exploratory study of the relationship of fat-free mass to speed of brain processing in preterm infants.

Posted on 13 November 2013, Body Composition, Scientific

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A new study by the University of Minnesota shows a link in preterm infants between fat free mass (FFM) and neural development, with higher FFM resulting in better neural development

Is body fat percentage a better measure of undernutrition in newborns than birth weight percentiles?.

Posted on 06 November 2013, Body Composition, Scientific

Is body fat percentage a better measure of undernutrition in newborns than birth weight percentiles?.

A new study published on the prestigious Pediatric Research Journal shows that infant morbidity can be predicted more accurately from %fat vs. birth weight.