1.2.3 Technical Measurements of Body Composition Assessment

Affiliations

¹ Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, New York Nutrition Obesity Research Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
² Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, New York Nutrition Obesity Research Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA, dg108@cumc.columbia.edu.

Review

Kathryn Whyte et al. World Rev Nutr Diet. 2022.

. 2022:124:23-30.

doi: 10.1159/000517192. Epub 2022 Mar 3.

¹ Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, New York Nutrition Obesity Research Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
² Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, New York Nutrition Obesity Research Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA, dg108@cumc.columbia.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Air-displacement plethysmography; Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; Quantitative magnetic resonance.

Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure Statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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