Lean tissue imaging: a new era for nutritional assessment and intervention.

ABSTRACT: Body composition refers to the amount of fat and lean tissues in our body; it is a science that looks beyond a unit of body weight, accounting for the proportion of different tissues and its relationship to health. Although body weight and body mass index are well-known indexes of health status, most researchers agree that they are rather inaccurate measures, especially for elderly individuals and those patients with specific clinical conditions. The emerging use of imaging techniques such as dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound imaging in the clinical setting have highlighted the importance of lean soft tissue (LST) as an independent predictor of morbidity and mortality. It is clear from emerging studies that body compositio

SUBMITTER: Prado CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4361695 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature