Longitudinal changes in body composition in older men and women

On average, FM increased; however, the increase in women was attenuated with advancing age. The decrease in FFM over the follow-up period was small and ...

Longitudinal changes in body composition. Mean body weight did not change significantly over the follow-up period, although absolute changes ranged from −9.9 ...

Longitudinal body composition changes in old men and women

Conclusions: Reduction in appendicular or leg FFM was the main predictor of decline in one or more levels of reported disability in older men and women, and ...

Longitudinal changes in body composition in older men and women

Longitudinal changes in body composition in older men and women: role of body weight change and physical activity1–4. Virginia A Hughes, Walter R Frontera ...

Longitudinal Body Composition Changes in Old Men and Women

Few studies have evaluated prospectively age-related body composition changes and their relationships with worsening disability in the elderly population.

Longitudinal Body Composition Changes in Old Men and Women

In weight-stable men and women, appendicular and leg FFM significantly decreased and BMI, waist circumference, and total FM significantly ...

Longitudinal changes in body composition in older men and women

The natural longitudinal patterns of change in fat-free mass (FFM) and fat mass (FM) in older adults and the effect of physical activity, weight change, ...

Aging, body composition, and lifestyle: the Fels Longitudinal Study

In women, age-related changes in body composition, ie, an increase in body weight and body fat and a decrease in FFM, have been observed after menopause (2, 4, ...

Longitudinal changes in body composition associated with healthy ...

Fat-free mass increased up to age 50 years and then decreased. The proportion of overweight or obese (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m 2) men varied from a high ...

Longitudinal changes in body composition associated with healthy ...

BMI and percentage of body fat were sensitive in detecting the increase in fat mass that occurred with healthy ageing, but failed to identify the loss of ...

Longitudinal changes in adult fat-free mass: influence of body weight 2

Almost all of the body-composition data on aging adults are cross-sectional in nature. These data show that older people tend to have less lean, or fat-free ...

Longitudinal changes in aerobic power in older men and women

In this sample, lean body mass was not changed over the 10-yr period. Changes in V̇o2 max were not significantly related to physical activity scores. TV̇e ...

Eight-Year Longitudinal Changes in Body Composition in Healthy ...

Results: FFM increased by 1.7 ± 2.8 kg in men <45 yr who gained 4.0 ± 5.0 kg of body weight and was maintained (0.5 ± 1.6 kg) in women <45 y who gained 1.6 ± ...

role of body weight change and physical activity. Am J Clin Nutr 76 ...

Hughes VA, Frontera WR, Roubenoff R, Evans WJ, Singh MAF. Longitudinal changes in body composition in older men and women: role of body weight ...

The Effects of Sex, Age, and Organized Physical Activity - MDPI

In females, aging changes were characterized by a loss in weight and FMI, with body composition deterioration being more pronounced in older females. In males, ...

A 3-year longitudinal study on body composition changes in the ...

Cross-sectional data have shown that sarcopenia and fat accumulation are associated with aging and can be limited by structured physical training.

Longitudinal changes in body composition in older men and women

Longitudinal changes in body composition in older men and women: role of body weight change and physical activity · List of references · Publications that cite ...

Association between physical activity and longitudinal change in ...

In middle-aged and particularly older adults, body mass index (BMI) is associated with various health outcomes.

Secular and longitudinal trends in body composition: The Tromsø ...

The longitudinal trends showed that fat and VAT mass increased in both women and men in all age groups, except for body fat in women aged 70 to ...

Longitudinal Changes of Body Composition Phenotypes and Their ...

Table 1 shows the baseline characteristics of the participants in men and women. Most of the body composition variables were higher in men than ...