... to in the content or advertisements. Body composition Infant Obesity Adiposity Body fat The aims of this study were (1) to determine the optimal index of FM and FFM that is independent of length in the first 3 months of life, (2) to describe reference data for FM, FFM, %BF, as well...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Body composition Body fat Weight gain Skinfolds Over the last 20 years, the prevalence of overweight in Dutch children aged 4-12 years increased from 7 to 11% [ 1 ]. Childhood obesity is associated with short-term morbidity...

.... Methods: Sixty-one pregnant women, with a normal or obese BMI, and their neonates participated in this cross-sectional study at an academic medical center. Neonatal adiposity, expressed as percent body fat (fat mass/body mass), was measured by air displacement plethysmography and cord blood was assayed...

...Martin Wabitsch; Eberhard Heinze Children with isolated GH deficiency have enlarged fat depots due to increased fat cell volume. The fat cell number is however decreased compared with appropriate controls. Treatment of patients with GH results in a relative loss of body fat and shifts both fat cell...

... contributes to the development of obesity in specific cases, there is little evidence to suggest that it is an important contributory factor in the general population. 3 12 2008 Body fat Children Energy expenditure Obesity © 1993 S. Karger AG, Basel 1993 Copyright / Drug Dosage...

... tool to assess the leptin status. Methods: Two studies were performed. In both studies, leptin was quantified by an ultrasensitive and highly specific enzyme immunoassay (ELISA; R & D Systems). Anthropometric measures were taken from all study subjects, and body fat was calculated using skinfold...

... to in the content or advertisements. Leptin Children Sex hormones Body fat Race Leptin is encoded by the obesity gene (ob) in adipocytes [ 1 ]. In a typical endocrine fashion, leptin interacts with receptors in the central nervous system [ 2 ] to reduce appetite and increase energy expenditure...