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... Tetrapolar bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) offers the possibility of determining the bioconductor volume in discrete segments of the body, because the resistivities of bone, fat, and skeletal muscle differ considerably. We tested this hypothesis by measuring BIA and anthropometry of defined segments of the right thighs of women before and during a controlled weight-loss program. Eight women ...
turkeys; strain differences; gender differences; liveweight gain; computed tomography; body composition; dietary protein; ad libitum feeding; body regions; allometry; body weight
Abstract:
... Distribution and development of fat, muscles, and bone were studied repeatedly by computer tomography from 4 to 17 wk of age in two commercial strains of turkeys (BUT-9 and Nicholas) of both sexes. Generally, the proportion of total fat and meat increased and bone decreased significantly throughout the experimental period for both strains and sexes. When compared at the same age or body weight, BU ...
fatty acids; carbohydrate metabolism; men; women; medical treatment; blood glucose; body composition; surgery; obesity; patients; oxidation; insulin; respiratory quotient
Abstract:
... Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) in the treatment of morbid obesity and to evaluate how the procedure affects body weight. Subjects: Fourteen morbidly obese subjects studied before and 30 months after BPD and fifteen healthy volunteers matched for age, sex and height (controls). Methods: Comparison of the following parameters were made in the study groups ...
Myotis lucifugus; adults; body composition; energy; food intake; gastrointestinal system; lactation; mammals; postpartum period
Abstract:
... Body composition of little brown bats, Myotis lucifugus was quantified to evaluate the proximate costs of reproduction in a small temperate mammal. Changes in the major components of body composition (water, lean dry, and fat mass) during the breeding season were analyzed in adult females and in young during the postnatal growth period. Changes in body composition of reproductive females were smal ...
... The effect of dietary phosphorus (P) concentration on faecal and non-faecal P excretion of rainbow trout was studied with P concentrations ranging from 1.0 to 6.2 g/kg dry matter, the upper level calculated to be slightly above the P requirement. Eight semi-purified diets were prepared with varying proportions of dibasic sodium phosphate and an inorganic binder to achieve intended P concentrations ...
fish feeding; feeding frequency; energy intake; energy content; body composition; mortality; liveweight gain; feed intake; feed conversion; Paralichthys olivaceus
liver; feed conversion; feeding frequency; muscles; Sebastes; pelleted feeds; body composition; liveweight gain; lipids; water content; feed intake; protein content; fish feeding; gastric emptying
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... A 7-week feeding experiment was conducted to determine the optimum feeding frequency for growth, body composition and gastric evacuation of the juvenile Korean rockfish. Three replicate groups of the fish (average weight of 5.7 g) were fed to visual satiety either dry pellets (DP) or moist pellets (MP), at different feeding frequencies (two meals a day, one meal a day or one meal every 2 days). At ...