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. 2012 Jan;36(1):96-107.
doi: 10.1177/0148607111417448.

Advances in the science and application of body composition measurement

Vickie Baracos  1 , Paolo Caserotti, Carrie P Earthman, David Fields, Dympna Gallagher, Kevin D Hall, Steven B Heymsfield, Manfred J Müller, Antonella Napolitano Rosen, Claude Pichard, Leanne M Redman, Wei Shen, John A Shepherd, Diana Thomas
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Advances in the science and application of body composition measurement

Vickie Baracos et al. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2012 Jan.
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Figure 1
Weight loss curves generated for the average National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). (A) woman and (B) man using different body composition formulas within the core energy balance equation. The Forbes curves apply baseline body composition (BC) estimates from the Jackson and NHANES formulas., The NHANES fat-free mass (FFM)-fat mass (FM) formula,90,91 the linear FFM-FM formula, and the constant FFM formula curves are from Thomas et a1.., Weight (kg) appears on the y-axis, and day of weight loss is on the x-axis.
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