Scientific Papers
VALIDITY OF BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS TO ESTIMATE BODY COMPOSITION CHANGES AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY IN PREMENOPAUSAL MORBIDLY WOMEN
In obese patients, subtle variations of the hydration of soft tissues can propagate errors in bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) measures of body composition. Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) is a useful method to evaluate tissue [...]
ALTERED THIRST THRESHOLD DURING HYPERTONIC STRESS IN AGING MEN
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BODY WATER SPACES AND CELLULAR HYDRATION DURING HEALTHY AGING
Age-related changes in the proportions of intracellular or extra-cellular water to total body water and in the ratio of total body water to fat-free mass are debatable. These are important issues both for medical reasons [...]
VOLUME, FREQUENCY AND PARTICIPATION IN PLAIN DRINKING WATER CONSUMPTION BY THIRD AND FOURTH-GRADE SCHOOLCHILDREN IN QUETZALTENANGO, GUATEMALA
Water intake was described and quantified in samples of urban Guatemalan schoolchildren stratified by gender and socio-economic status. The frequency of consumption and quantity of plain water drinking was estimated from oneday pictorial registries of [...]