Weight Gain
Researchers' work from Geneva University focuses on weight gain
Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 15th, 2007
Fresh data on weight gain are presented in the report "Eight-year longitudinal changes in body composition in healthy Swiss adults." According to recent research published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, "Significant changes in body composition occur during lifetime. This longitudinal study (8.0 ±0.8 yrs) in a cohort of healthy sedentary and physically active men (n=78) and women (n=53), aged 20 to 74 yr describes: 1) the longitudinal changes in weight and body composition and 2) their associations with age and physical activity. Fat-free mass (FFM) and body fat (BF) were assessed by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)."
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