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Validity and accuracy of body fat prediction equations using anthropometrics measurements in adolescents
Download2020-05-19
Ripka, Wagner L., Orsso, Camila E., Haqq, Andrea M., Prado, Carla M., Ulbricht, Leandra, Leite, Neiva
Background The pediatric relative fat mass (RFM) has been recently presented and validated as an index for estimating percentage body fat (%BF) in North American children and adolescents. Similar to body mass index (BMI) and tri-ponderal mass index (TMI), RFM uses anthropometric measures (i.e.,...
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Protein Recommendation to Increase Muscle (PRIMe): Study protocol for a randomized controlled pilot trial investigating the feasibility of a high protein diet to halt loss of muscle mass in patients with colorectal cancer
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Ford, Katherine L., Sawyer, Michael B., Trottier, Claire F., Ghosh, Sunita, Deutz, Nicolaas E. P., Siervo, Mario, Porter Starr, Kathryn N., Bales, Connie W., Disi, Ilana Roitman, Prado, Carla M.
Background Severe muscle mass (MM) loss is a defining feature of cancer observed across all types and stages of disease and is an independent predictor of poor clinical outcomes including higher incidences of chemotherapy toxicity and decreased survival. Protein is essential to build MM, yet the...
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Official Position of the Brazilian Association of Bone Assessment and Metabolism (ABRASSO) on the evaluation of body composition by densitometry—part II (clinical aspects): interpretation, reporting, and special situations
Download2022-01-01
Maeda, Sergio Setsuo, Albergaria, Ben-Hur, Szejnfeld, Vera Lúcia, Lazaretti-Castro, Marise, Arantes, Henrique Pierotti, Ushida, Marcela, Domiciano, Diogo Souza, Pereira, Rosa Maria Rodrigues, Marin-Mio, Rosângela Villa, de Oliveira, Mônica Longo, de Mendonça, Laura Maria Carvalho, do Prado, Mirley, de Souza, Guilherme Cardenaz, Palchetti, Cecília Zanin, Sarni, Roseli Oselka Saccardo, Terreri, Maria Teresa, de Castro, Luiz Claudio Gonçalves, Artoni, Silvana Martinez Baraldi, Amoroso, Lizandra, Karcher, Débora Emy, Prado, Carla M., Gonzalez, Maria Cristina, de Medeiros Pinheiro, Marcelo
Objective To present an updated and evidence-based guideline for the use of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to assess body composition in clinical practice. Materials and methods This Official Position was developed by the Scientific Committee of the Brazilian Association of Bone...
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Methods for body composition analysis in obese adults/Métodos de análise da composição corporal em obesos
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Gomes, Aline C., Prado, Carla M., de Souza, Rávila G. M., Mota, João F.
The analysis of body composition in obese individuals has been intensively discussed due to the methodological limitations of most measurement methods. The aim of this thematic section was to clarify the characteristics, advantages, and limitations of methods of body composition evaluation in...
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Cancer-associated malnutrition, cachexia and sarcopenia: the skeleton in the hospital closet 40 years later
Download2016-01-20
Ryan, Aoife M., Power, Derek G., Daly, Louise, Cushen, Samantha J., Ní Bhuachalla, Ēadaoin, Prado, Carla M.
An awareness of the importance of nutritional status in hospital settings began more than 40 years ago. Much has been learned since and has altered care. For the past 40 years several large studies have shown that cancer patients are amongst the most malnourished of all patient groups. Recently,...