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Body composition in young female eating-disorder patients with severe weight loss and controls: evidence from the four-component model and evaluation of DXA

Wells, JC; Haroun, D; Williams, JE; Nicholls, D; Darch, T; Eaton, S; Fewtrell, MS; (2015) Body composition in young female eating-disorder patients with severe weight loss and controls: evidence from the four-component model and evaluation of DXA. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition , 69 (12) pp. 1330-1335. 10.1038/ejcn.2015.111. Green open access

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Abstract

Whether fat-free mass (FFM) and its components are depleted in eating-disorder (ED) patients is uncertain. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is widely used to assess body composition in pediatric ED patients; however, its accuracy in underweight populations remains unknown. We aimed (1) to assess body composition of young females with ED involving substantial weight loss, relative to healthy controls using the four-component (4C) model, and (2) to explore the validity of DXA body composition assessment in ED patients.

Type: Article
Title: Body composition in young female eating-disorder patients with severe weight loss and controls: evidence from the four-component model and evaluation of DXA
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2015.111
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2015.111
Language: English
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Biology and Cancer Dept
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1465092
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