Liver Fat Content and Body Fat Distribution in Youths with Excess Adiposity

Does body adiposity index evaluate percentage of body fat?

Introduction: The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the novel marker, body adiposity index (BAI), is accurate to measure percentage of body fat (PBF). Materials and methods: Seventy-eight males were undergone anthropometric examination. PBF was calculated by BAI and measured using InBody 3.0.   Results: Significant correlation was found between BAI and PBF (r = 0.751; P < ...

evaluation of fat atrophy in patients with dermis fat graft of orbit by ct-scan

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Adiposity and pulmonary function: relationship with body fat distribution and systemic inflammation.

PURPOSE Obesity is associated with changes in pulmonary function and increased systemic inflammation. We explored the relationships among adiposity, body fat distribution indices, serum inflammatory markers and pulmonary function. METHODS This was a post-hoc cross-sectional analysis that included subjects who had previously participated in randomized studies on obesity at our centre. Non-smok...

Regulation of body fat content?

A CLEVER AND INFORMATIVE PAPER by Lacy and Bartness (16) in this issue of the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology provides new data regarding the question of whether animals regulate their body content at a preferred level. Fifty years ago, Kennedy (15) proposed the existence of a “hypothalamic satiety mechanism” that served to prevent “an overall s...

Body fat, body fat distribution and the respiratory system: a "fat neck" syndrome?