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Biology
Asli Devrim-Lanpir, Ebru Arslanoglu Badem, Hatice Isik, Aslihan Nefes Cakar, Banu Kabak, Bihter Akinoglu, Tugba Kocahan, Adnan Hasanoglu, Thomas Rosemann, Beat Knechtle
Summary: Skinfold-derived equations show practicality in estimating body fat percentage (BF%) in Olympic wrestlers, but need to be validated first. The study found specific equations for male and female wrestlers that were accurate compared to BF% measured by ADP, with a new equation predicting 83.2% of the variance using only abdominal skinfold and sex as variables. The new wrestler-specific prediction equation is suggested as a valid and accurate alternative to ADP for quantifying BF% among Olympic wrestlers.
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Biology
Paul Muntean, Anca Popa, Monica Miclos-Balica, Falk Schick, Oana Munteanu, Vasile Pupazan, Adrian Neagu, Monica Neagu
Summary: Air displacement plethysmography (ADP) is widely used for assessing global obesity. This study aimed to evaluate the learning effects on the reliability of body composition assessment using the BOD POD system. Quadruplicate trials on 105 subjects showed that early measurements had larger errors, suggesting that the first ADP test should be considered a practice trial. When the remaining trials were pooled together, the reliability indices for ADP tests were high, suggesting the need to eliminate learning effects for increased reliability.
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Luca Giovanelli, Giacomo Biganzoli, Antonio Spataro, Mara Malacarne, Giuseppina Bernardelli, Raffaella Spada, Massimo Pagani, Elia Biganzoli, Daniela Lucini
Summary: This study assessed the body composition of a large cohort of Italian Olympic athletes using BOD POD and provided reference values for body composition in elite athletes.
ACTA DIABETOLOGICA
(2023)
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Education & Educational Research
R. Stephan Lowry, Dale R. Wagner, Megan Bigler
Summary: When estimating body fat percentage (%BF) in men, the BX2000 A-mode ultrasound software offers nine formula options, with Jackson and Pollock 3 site (JP3), Jackson and Pollock 7 site (JP7), and National Health Center of America (NHCA) 4-site formulas having the best correlation coefficients and least bias compared to air displacement plethysmography. These three formulas are recommended over others for accurate %BF estimation.
MEASUREMENT IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND EXERCISE SCIENCE
(2021)
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Tsui-Sui Annie Kao, Jiying Ling, Rachel Hawn, Christina Vu
Summary: This study found that motivational interviewing (MI) interventions are effective in improving children's anthropometric outcomes, including BMI, waist circumference, and body fat percentage. Potential moderators of MI effects on children's BMI changes include types of interveners, supplemental intervention activities, children's age, weight status, intervention setting, and targeted behaviors.
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Surgery
Jiro Kimura, Kenta Sui, Motoyasu Tabuchi, Shinya Sakamoto, Takahiro Murokawa, Jun Iwata, Sojiro Morita, Tastuo Iiyama, Takehiro Okabayashi
Summary: This study evaluated the relationship between nutritional factors, body composition, and postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) after pancreaticoduodenectomy. It found that percent body fat and alcohol consumption were independent predictive factors for POPF.
LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY
(2023)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Eduardo Mundstock, Fernanda Maria Vendrusculo, Adriano Detoni Filho, Rita Mattiello
Summary: The study shows that ad libitum food and liquid intake do not cause a change above clinically acceptable levels in the fat percentage estimated by bioimpedance.
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Psychiatry
Tiffany A. Brown, Megan E. Shott, Guido K. W. Frank
Summary: This study compared females with AN and matched healthy controls on a perceptual size estimation task, finding that individuals with AN were more likely to overestimate their body size. Body dissatisfaction was found to have a significant impact on this overestimation.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2021)
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Engineering, Biomedical
Hyejung Choi, Jongil Lim, Sukho Lee
Summary: This study compared gait biomechanics between obese individuals and a weight-matched control group, with results showing that the normal group had greater muscle strength, flexibility, and maximum oxygen uptake. Foot-pressure measures revealed significantly higher peak pressure values in the normal group, with a positive correlation between muscle strength and BMI as well as a negative correlation between body fat percentage and gait variables.
CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS
(2021)
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Pediatrics
Pat R. Vehrs, Gilbert W. Fellingham, Angela McAferty, Laurel Kelsey
Summary: This study examines the trends in body fat percentage and body mass index percentile rank among 12- to 17-year-old children, as well as the relationship between the two. The study finds that girls have higher body fat percentage and fat mass, but lower fat-free mass compared to boys of the same age. For a given body mass index, girls tend to have higher body fat percentage and lower fat-free mass. The study highlights the importance of using other measures of body composition to assess children's adiposity.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Marianna Ambrosecchia, Martina Ardizzi, Elisa Caterina Russo, Francesca Ditaranto, Maurizio Speciale, Piergiuseppe Vinai, Patrizia Todisco, Sandra Maestro, Vittorio Gallese
Summary: This study examined the nature of body image distortion in individuals with anorexia nervosa by measuring accuracy and reaction times during tasks that required implicit or explicit recognition of hand stimuli. The results showed that the perceived size of the hand stimuli influenced both implicit and explicit processing of body parts in both healthy controls and anorexia patients. However, alterations in bodily self at an explicit level were observed only in restrictive anorexia patients. These findings provide new insights into the relationship between different levels of self-experience and bodily self-disorders.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
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Pediatrics
Hong K. Tang, Chi T. C. Nguyen, Ngoc H. T. Vo
Summary: This study compared the association between various obesity indicators in Vietnamese children and adolescents, finding WHtR to be the most effective estimator of PBF. The results support the use of WHtR as an effective indicator for detecting adiposity in this population.
INDIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Xin He, Wenjing Wang, Zhenni Zhu, Jiajie Zang, Tong Liu, Yan Shi, Chen Fu
Summary: This study investigated the association between serum ferritin and dyslipidemia in children and adolescents with different degrees of obesity. The results showed that serum ferritin was independently associated with a greater risk of dyslipidemia, especially in overweight/obese participants. Ferritin levels also showed a significant positive correlation with lipid abnormalities, primarily in the overweight/obese group.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Kulapong Jayanama, Olga Theou, Judith Godin, Andrea Mayo, Leah Cahill, Kenneth Rockwood
Summary: This study found that BMI is associated with frailty, and being overweight or obese is related to higher levels of frailty. Higher body fat percentage is associated with higher frailty, partially mediating the relationship between BMI and frailty.
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Kevin Yiqiang Chua, Xinyi Lin, Yeli Wang, Yap-Seng Chong, Wee-Shiong Lim, Woon-Puay Koh
Summary: This study suggests that in oldest-old Chinese adults, visceral fat area is the most relevant obesity indicator associated with mobility disability.
