Browsing by Subject "Body composition"

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    • Association between adipose tissue characteristics and metabolic flexibility in humans: a systematic review 
      Glaves, Alice; Díaz Castro, Francisco Leopoldo; Farías, Javiera; Ramírez Romero, Rodrigo; Galgani, José E.; Fernández Verdejo, Rodrigo (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Adipose tissue total amount, distribution, and phenotype influence metabolic health. This may be partially mediated by the metabolic effects that these adipose tissue characteristics exert on the nearby and distant ...
    • Diferencias de composición corporal y condición física en educadoras de párvulo con normopeso, sobrepeso y ... 
      Zapata Lamana, Rafael; Monsalves Álvarez, Matías; Cigarroa Cuevas, Igor; Castro Sepúlveda, Mauricio; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela; Abad Colil, Felipe (Sociedad Chilena de Nutrición, 2016)
      Objective: To describe body mass index (BMI), body composition, basal metabolic rate, physical condition and the relationship between them in Chilean kindergarten teachers. Subjects and Methods: 46 teachers (age 39,5 +/- ...
    • Effects of two training modalities on body fat and insulin resistance in postmenopausal women 
      Henríquez, Sandra; Monsalves Álvarez, Matías; Jimenez, Teresa; Barrera Acevedo, María Gladys; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Leiva Balich, Laura; Rodríguez, Juan Manuel; Silva, Claudio; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017)
      Our objective was to compare the effects of a low-load circuit resistance training protocol and usual aerobic training in postmenopausal women. Postmenopausal women with at least 1 feature of the metabolic syndrome were ...
    • Factors related to total energy expenditure in older adults (Chile) 
      Pakozdi, Tamara; Leiva Balich, Laura; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera Acevedo, Gladys; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Henríquez, Sandra; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)
      Aim: to asses Total Energy Expenditure (TEE) in healthy Chilean institutionalized or independently older people Methods: twenty seven young (27-30 years), 27 institutionalized (> 65 years old) and 27 free-living older ...
    • Serum polyunsaturated fatty acids in infancy are associated with body composition in adolescence 
      Flannagan, Kerry; Gahagan, Sheila; Das, Arun; Burrows Argote, Raquel; Lozoff, Betsy; Villamor, Eduardo (Wiley, 2020)
      Background Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) have been related to the development of adiposity. N-3 PUFA appears to be protective against obesity risk, while n-6 PUFA may be associated with greater adiposity. However, ...
    • The use and interpretation of anthropometric measures in cancer epidemiology: A perspective from the world ... 
      Bandera, Elisa; Fay, Stephanie; Giovannucci, Edward; Leitzmann, Michael; Marklew, Rachel; McTiernan, Anne; Mullee, Amy; Romieu, Isabelle; Thune, Inger; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Wiseman, Martin (Wiley Blackwell, 2016)
      Anthropometric measures relating to body size, weight and composition are increasingly being associated with cancer risk and progression. Whilst practical in epidemiologic research, where population-level associations with ...