1997/07/01 by Steven B. Heymsfield, ZiMian Wang, Richard N. Baumgartner +2 · 2 citations
Medicine · #Body Composition Measurement Techniques #Nutrition and Health in Aging #Thermoregulation and physiological responses
paper · doi:10.1146/annurev.nutr.17.1.527
The field of human body composition research is reaching a mature stage in its development: The three interconnected areas that define body composition research--models and their rules, methodology, and biological effects--are well-defined and are actively investigated by scientists in diverse disciplines from many different nations; and methods are available for measuring all major atomic, molecular, cellular, and tissue-system level body composition components in research, clinical, and epidemiological settings. This review summarizes main body composition research concepts, examines new component-measurement methodologies, and identifies potential areas of future research.