About this Research Topic
Body composition is an important component of health-related physical fitness, which is contributed to by genetic and lifestyle aspects, especially regarding eating behavior and the level of physical activity. Thus, body composition assessment techniques in epidemiological and clinical approaches are essential for the diagnosis, prescription and monitoring of dietary programs, for the correction of nutritional deviations in individuals and populations. Studies related to the development, validation and use of techniques to assess body composition — such as anthropometry, bioimpedanciometry, and ultrasonography — have gained prominence in the health area, as they are non-invasive, relatively simple and have low operational cost.
The aim of this Research Topic is to address innovations in assessing body composition for use in epidemiological studies and clinical practice in order to provide for health professionals (especially in the area of nutrition) concepts and evidence of its usefulness, assisting in decision making regarding the most appropriate techniques according to the characteristics of the individuals or groups to be evaluated.
We encourage researchers from the areas of Nutritional Epidemiology and Clinical Nutrition, in addition to the different areas involved in the research of body composition, by the most diverse techniques, to contribute by submitting their manuscripts to this Research Topic.
Manuscripts of great interest are those that emphasize the development, validation and use of the analysis of body composition in epidemiology and clinical practice, for the diagnosis, prescription and follow-up of patients of varied diseases, healthy subjects and athletes. Both Original Research articles and Systematic Review articles are welcome.
We would like to acknowledge Dr. Rossana Nogueira, who has acted as coordinator and has contributed to the preparation of the proposal for this Research Topic.
The aim of this Research Topic is to address innovations in assessing body composition for use in epidemiological studies and clinical practice in order to provide for health professionals (especially in the area of nutrition) concepts and evidence of its usefulness, assisting in decision making regarding the most appropriate techniques according to the characteristics of the individuals or groups to be evaluated.
We encourage researchers from the areas of Nutritional Epidemiology and Clinical Nutrition, in addition to the different areas involved in the research of body composition, by the most diverse techniques, to contribute by submitting their manuscripts to this Research Topic.
Manuscripts of great interest are those that emphasize the development, validation and use of the analysis of body composition in epidemiology and clinical practice, for the diagnosis, prescription and follow-up of patients of varied diseases, healthy subjects and athletes. Both Original Research articles and Systematic Review articles are welcome.
We would like to acknowledge Dr. Rossana Nogueira, who has acted as coordinator and has contributed to the preparation of the proposal for this Research Topic.
Keywords: body composition, fat-free mass, fat mass, lean body mass, dietary programs, physical training, sports, bioelectrical impedance, anthropometry, 3D scanner, ultrasound, dual X-ray absorptiometry, nutritional epidemiology, sarcopenia, obesity
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