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 [...]
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF THIRST
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CHRONIC CELLULAR DEHYDRATION IN THE AGED PATIENT
BACKGROUND: As a reduction of water spaces is expected in the elderly because of fat-free mass loss, disease is often associated with increased hydration. The present study compared water spaces and cellular hydration in adults, [...]
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 [...]