Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis in obese and overweight children

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 1; p. e0211148
• Main Authors: de-Mateo-Silleras, Beatriz, de-la-Cruz-Marcos, Sandra, Alonso-Izquierdo, Laura, Camina-Martín, Mª Alicia, Marugán-de-Miguelsanz, José Manuel, Redondo-del-Río, Mª Paz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 24.01.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adipose tissue; Adolescent; Anthropometry; Bioelectricity; Biology and Life Sciences; Body Composition; Body fat; Body mass; Body mass index; Body measurements; Body weight; Care and treatment; Child; Childhood obesity; Children; Classification; Correlation analysis; Correlation coefficient; Correlation coefficients; Cross-Sectional Studies; Electric Impedance; Female; Food science; Gastrointestinal surgery; Health aspects; Humans; Impedance; Lifestyles; Male; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Nutrition; Nutritional Status; Obesity; Observational studies; Overweight; Overweight persons; Pediatric Obesity - pathology; Pediatric research; Pediatrics; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Risk factors; Statistical analysis; Subgroups; Systematic review; Teenagers; Vector analysis; United States > US; Spain

BMI is the most commonly used indicator to evaluate overweight and obesity, but it cannot distinguish changes in body composition. Over recent years, it has been demonstrated that bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a more accurate method for analyzing body composition. Bioelectrical impedance...