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Monitoring Body Composition

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TECHNICAL PAPERS

Adams, P., Davies, G.T., & Sweetnam, P. (1970). Osteoporosis and the effects of aging on bone mineral mass in elderly men and women. Quarterly Journal of Medicine, 39, 601-615.

Bartlett BJ. Relationships between measures of body fatness, body fat distribution and serum lipids in healthy elderly (elderly) [dissertation]. Columbus (OH): Ohio State University; 1990. 182 p.

Baumgartner RN, Stauber PM, McHugh D, Wayne S, Garry PJ, Heymsfield SB. Body composition in the elderly using multicompartmental methods. Basic Life Sci 1993;6O:251-4.

Chumlea WC, Baumgartner RN, Vellas BP. Anthropometry and body composition in the perspective of nutritional status in the elderly. Nutrition 1991 Jan-Feb:7(1):57-60.

Deurenberg. P., Westrate, J.A., & van der Kooy, K. (1989b). Is an adaptation of Siri’s formula for the calculation of body fat percentage from body density in the elderly necessary? European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 43, 559-568.

Edelstein SL, Barrett-Connor E. Relation between body size and bone mineral density in elderly men and women. Am J Epidemiol 1993 Aug 1:138(3) :160-9.

Frisancho, A.R, (1984). New standard of weight and body composition by frame size and height for assessment of nutritional status of adults and the elderly. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 40, 808-819.

Heymsfield SB, Wang J, Lichtman S, Kamen Y. Kehayias J, Pierson RN Jr. Body composition in elderly subjects: a critical appraisal of clinical methodology. Am J Clin Nutr 1989 Nov:5O(5 Suppl):1167-75; discussion 1231-5.

Roche A F. Sarcopenia - A Critical Review of Its Measurements and Health-Related Significance in the Middle-Aged and Elderly. American Journal of Human Biology. 1994; 6, N 1: 33-42

Schulz L. Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis. A Research Tool Useful for Classroom Teaching. - J Nutr Educ; 22: 1820