Body composition of healthy Spanish children

Body Composition and Fitness in Elite Spanish Children Body Composition and Fitness in Elite Spanish Children

The aims of this study were to describe body composition and physical fitness changes during a wholeseason in elite children tennis players. A total of 7 elite children tennis players participated in the study. Whole body composition by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and physical fitness were assessed during a season. Subjects increased lean and bone percentage, and decreased abdominal ...

Dexa Body Composition Assessment in 10-11 Year Healthy Children

INTRODUCTION Obesity is a growing health problem associated with metabolic derangements and cardiovascular disease. Accumulating evidence links the accumulation of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) to these obesity related health risks in adults. Childhood obesity is associated with a lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease and poses a serious challenge to future health care. In children, there is ...

Body composition in healthy aging.

Health risks in elderly people cannot be evaluated simply in conventional terms of body fatness or fat distribution. Elderly people have less muscle and bone mass, expanded extracellular fluid volumes, and reduced body cell mass compared to younger adults. These nonfat components of body composition play critical roles, influencing cognitive and physical functional status, nutritional and endoc...

Body composition in children.

[Analysis of the body composition of Spanish women with fibromyalgia].

OBJECTIVES To describe the anthropometric profile and body composition of women from Southern Spain diagnosed with fibromyalgia (FM) and to compare the observed values with values from other studies conducted on FM patients and with national reference values. MATERIALS AND METHODS The body composition of 104 women diagnosed with FM was assessed using an eight-electrode impedance meter. The re...