1. Preface

   • A. De Lorenzo

   ORIGINAL Pages: s1 - s2

2. Mathematical models and their application in body composition research

   • E. I. Mohamed
   • A. De Lorenzo

   ORIGINAL Pages: s3 - s8

3. The capabilities of artificial neural networks in body composition research

   • R. Linder
   • E. I. Mohamed
   • S. J. Pöppl

   ORIGINAL Pages: s9 - s14

4. Predicting the intracellular water compartment using artificial neural network analysis

   • E. I. Mohamed
   • C. Maiolo
   • A. De Lorenzo

   ORIGINAL Pages: s15 - s18

5. Artificial neural network analysis: a novel application for predicting site-specific bone mineral density

   • E. I. Mohamed
   • C. Maiolo
   • A. De Lorenzo

   ORIGINAL Pages: s19 - s22

6. Predicting bone mineral density of postmenopausal healthy and cirrhotic Italian women using age and body mass index

   • E. I. Mohamed
   • U. Tarantino
   • A. De Lorenzo

   ORIGINAL Pages: s23 - s28

7. Body surface area estimation and its impact on predicting appendicular skeletal muscle mass with a mechanistic model based on the Reference Man

   • L. B. Sardinha
   • E. A. Carnero
   • P. J. Teixeira

   ORIGINAL Pages: s29 - s31

8. Body composition and respiratory function

   • C. Maiolo
   • E. I. Mohamed
   • M. G. Carbonelli

   ORIGINAL Pages: s32 - s38

9. X-ray fluorescence analysis in medical sciences: a review

   • J. Börjesson
   • M. Isaksson
   • S. Mattsson

   ORIGINAL Pages: s39 - s44

10. Advances in the application of imaging methods in applied and clinical physiology

    • R. Ross

    ORIGINAL Pages: s45 - s50

11. Measurement of intramyocellular lipid levels with 2-D magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging at 1.5 T

    • W. Shen
    • X. Mao
    • D. C. Shungu

    ORIGINAL Pages: s51 - s54

12. Preliminary evaluation of a new pediatric air displacement plethysmograph for body composition assessment in infants

    • M. Yao
    • L. Nommsen-Rivers
    • A. Urlando

    ORIGINAL Pages: s55 - s58

13. Feasibility of air plethysmography (BOD POD) in morbid obesity: a pilot study

    • M. L. Petroni
    • S. Bertoli
    • G. Testolin

    ORIGINAL Pages: s59 - s62

14. Usefulness of age-adjusted equations to estimate body fat with air displacement plethysmography in male adolescent athletes

    • L. B. Sardinha
    • A. M. Silva
    • P. J. Teixeira

    ORIGINAL Pages: s63 - s67

15. Determination of potassium in the skeletal muscles by whole-body counting

    • M. Isaksson
    • I. Bosaeus
    • M. Alpsten

    ORIGINAL Pages: s68 - s72

16. Some aspects of measuring levels of potassium in the brain

    • L. Wielopolski
    • L. M. Ramirez
    • J. Zimman

    ORIGINAL Pages: s73 - s75

17. Relationship between absorptiometry and ultrasound measurements of abdominal subcutaneous fat tissue in postmenopausal women

    • P. J. Teixeira
    • P. Rocha
    • L. B. Sardinha

    ORIGINAL Pages: s76 - s78

18. The fetal body compartments and their detection during pregnancy. A review

    • H. Valensise
    • G. Larciprete
    • A. De Lorenzo

    ORIGINAL Pages: s79 - s82

19. Pencil-beam versus fan-beam dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry comparisons across four systems: appendicular lean soft tissue

    • E. Ioannidou
    • J. Padilla
    • R. N. Pierson Jr.

    ORIGINAL Pages: s83 - s85

20. DXA vs. QCT: in vitro and in vivo studies

    • S. Masala
    • U. Tarantino
    • G. Simonetti

    ORIGINAL Pages: s86 - s88

21. Dual X-ray absorptiometry for estimating the volume of the soft tissue in the human skull

    • G. Arcudi
    • V. Cervelli
    • E. Bruno

    ORIGINAL Pages: s89 - s90

22. Body composition and bone mineralization measurement in calves of different genetic origin by using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

    • A. M. Scholz
    • S. Nüske
    • M. Förster

    ORIGINAL Pages: s91 - s94

23. Genetics of food intake and body composition: lessons from twin studies

    • K. L. Keller
    • A. Pietrobelli
    • M. S. Faith

    ORIGINAL Pages: s95 - s100

24. Relationship of leptin and sex hormones to bone mineral density in men

    • A. J. Sun
    • T. Jing
    • G. B. Phillips

    ORIGINAL Pages: s101 - s105

25. The carnitine system and body composition

    • E. Reda
    • S. D’Iddio
    • M. Calvani

    ORIGINAL Pages: s106 - s113

26. A brief history of body composition—from F. D. Moore to the new Reference Man

    • R. N. Pierson Jr.

    ORIGINAL Pages: s114 - s116

27. Measurements of energy balance

    • S. B. Heymsfield

    ORIGINAL Pages: s117 - s121

28. Effect of different sports on body cell mass in highly trained athletes

    • A. Andreoli
    • G. Melchiorri
    • A. De Lorenzo

    ORIGINAL Pages: s122 - s125

29. The effect of physical activities of various intensities on the energy expenditure of type 2 diabetic men

    • C. Maiolo
    • E. I. Mohamed
    • A. De Lorenzo

    ORIGINAL Pages: s126 - s129

30. Lipid profile, BMI, body fat distribution, and aerobic fitness in men with metabolic syndrome

    • A. Bertoli
    • N. Di Daniele
    • A. De Lorenzo

    ORIGINAL Pages: s130 - s133

31. Energy expenditure at age 73 and 78—A five year follow-up

    • E. M. Rothenberg
    • I. G. Bosaeus
    • B. C. Steen

    ORIGINAL Pages: s134 - s138

32. The prediction of basal metabolic rate in young adult, severely obese patients using single-frequency bioimpedance analysis

    • M. Marra
    • F. Pasanisi
    • F. Contaldo

    ORIGINAL Pages: s139 - s141

33. A follow-up study of the variations in the body composition of karate athletes

    • I. Bertini
    • A. Pujia
    • M. Giampietro

    ORIGINAL Pages: s142 - s144

34. Anthropometric features and body composition of young athletes practicing karate at a high and medium competitive level

    • M. Giampietro
    • A. Pujia
    • I. Bertini

    ORIGINAL Pages: s145 - s148

35. Short- and long-term evolution of body composition in 1,389 obese outpatients following a very low calorie diet (Pro’gram18 VLCD)

    • A. Zahouani
    • A. Boulier
    • J. P. Hespel

    ORIGINAL Pages: s149 - s150

36. Body composition assessment: an indispensable tool for disease management

    • A. Battezzati
    • S. Bertoli
    • G. Testolin

    ORIGINAL Pages: s151 - s153

37. Body composition in disease: what can we measure and how can we measure it?

    • M. D. Van Loan

    ORIGINAL Pages: s154 - s157

38. Assessing body composition in gastrointestinal disorders

    • A. De Lorenzo
    • C. Maiolo
    • A. Casini

    ORIGINAL Pages: s158 - s161

39. The impact of nutrition support on body composition in cancer outpatients receiving radiotherapy

    • E. Isenring
    • S. Capra
    • P. S. W. Davies

    ORIGINAL Pages: s162 - s164

40. Fat-free mass change to weight change ratio during refeeding following lung transplantation

    • U. G. Kyle
    • L. Nicod
    • C. Pichard

    ORIGINAL Pages: s165 - s167

41. Evaluating body composition of Italian prostate cancer patients without metastases

    • G. Maturo
    • G. Vespasiani
    • A. De Lorenzo

    ORIGINAL Pages: s168 - s170

42. Body composition in coeliac disease adolescents on a gluten-free diet: a longitudinal study

    • M. C. Carbone
    • G. Pitzalis
    • M. Bonamico

    ORIGINAL Pages: s171 - s173

43. DXA vs. QCT for subclinical celiac disease patients

    • S. Masala
    • B. Annibale
    • G. Simonetti

    ORIGINAL Pages: s174 - s176

44. Densitometric evaluation in women with anorexia nervosa

    • S. Masala
    • F. Jacoangeli
    • M. R. Bollea

    ORIGINAL Pages: s177 - s179

45. Body composition differences in adolescent female athletes and anorexic patients

    • L. Iacopino
    • V. Siani
    • A. Andreoli

    ORIGINAL Pages: s180 - s182

46. Body composition assessment in spinal cord injury subjects

    • M. Maggioni
    • S. Bertoli
    • G. Testolin

    ORIGINAL Pages: s183 - s186

47. Body composition in advanced-stage Parkinson’s disease

    • M. L. Petroni
    • G. Albani
    • A. Mauro

    ORIGINAL Pages: s187 - s190

48. Effects of 20-mg oestradiol implant therapy on bone mineral density, fat distribution and muscle mass in postmenopausal women

    • R. D. Hansen
    • C. Raja
    • B. J. Allen

    ORIGINAL Pages: s191 - s195

49. Regional bioelectrical impedance analysis: applications in health and medicine

    • H. C. Lukaski

    ORIGINAL Pages: s196 - s199

50. Body water distribution and disease

    • G. Bedogni
    • A. Borghi
    • N. Battistini

    ORIGINAL Pages: s200 - s202