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1. Introduction
2. Clinical applications of body composition
3. Historical interest in body composition
4. Nobel prize-level discoveries
5. Five level model of body composition
6. Chronology of body composition research
7. Energy balance and body composition (1)
8. Energy balance and body composition (2)
9. Energy balance and body composition (3)
10. Neutron activation and whole body counting
11. The molecular level
12. Two compartment body density model
13. Two compartment hydrometry model
14. Phenotyping large populations in remote settings
15. Three compartment model
16. Dual photon absorptiometry (1)
17. Dual energy X-Ray absorptiometry
18. How the DEXA technique works
19. Fat mass vs. body mass as measured by DEXA
20. Four compartment model
21. The use of DEXA in vivo
22. Computerized Axial Tomography - CT (1)
23. CT - application
24. Magnetic Resonance Imaging - MRI
25. Whole body MRI for body composition
26. Applications of MRI (1)
27. Applications of MRI (2)
28. Applications of MRI (3)
29. Functional MRI - fMRI
30. Applications of fMRI
31. Intra and extra myocellular lipid
32. Positron emission tomography (PET)
33. Brown fat detection with FDG-PET
34. Echo QMR body composition analysis system
35. Energy exchange at the whole body level
36. Resting energy expenditure
37. Organ-tissue specific metabolic rates
38. Calculated vs. measured RMR
39. Short term body composition changes
40. Anthropometry
41. Bioimpedance analysis (BIA)
42. Uses of the different body composition methods
43. Future potential areas of research
44. Acknowledgments

Topics Covered

• Clinical applications
• Historical overview
• Five level model
• Chronology of method development
• Relationship to energy balance and outcome
• Atomic level
• Molecular level
• Hydrodensitometry
• Hydrometry
• 3-compartment model
• Photon Absorptiometry
• Tissue-organ level
• Computed tomography
• Magnetic resonance imaging
• Nuclear magnetic resonance
• PET/fMRI
• Energy expenditure
• Anthropometry
• Bioimpedance analysis
• Summary and future directions

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Series:

• Obesity

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Metabolism & Nutrition
• Methods

Therapeutic Areas:

• Cardiovascular & Metabolic

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Publication History

• Published on January 20, 2009
• Archived on May 28, 2025

Financial Disclosures

• Dr. Steven Heymsfield has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.