Methods to Estimate Body Composition, Comparing Electrical Bioimpedance and Other Methods

Abstract

Patino LD, Champagne V and Yudchak CG

Measurement of body composition is an issue of growing interest that can be used to science research or clinical purposes. For professionals at the health sciences field, it is important to know characteristics of different methods of evaluation and analysis of body composition in order to decide what method should be used in each case, to carry out a better evaluation of the state of health and the risk of a person to becoming ill (by deficit or excess). Then, using these data, it could be performed the corresponding therapeutic strategy.

Specifically for patients with eating disorders, a complete evaluation of it is useful, mainly due to body changes, increases or decreases in fat mass and lean mass (for example in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder). A similar strategy could be assumed to patients with overweight or obesity.

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