Measuring body composition provides clinically useful information for many paediatric conditions such as cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy, eating disorders and inflammatory bowel disease. Body ...

AIMS (1) To validate a leg to leg bioimpedance analysis (BIA) device in the measurement of body composition in children by assessment of its agreement with dual energyx ray absorptiometry (DXA) and ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

This inevitably limits the skinfold methods for body fat estimation. Ultrasound accuracy for subcutaneous adipose tissue measurement is limited by the plasticity of fat and furrowed tissue borders.