Indices of body composition as predictors of immune and inflammatory responses and implications for health

The accurate measurement of body composition in humans is pivotal to understanding the links between excess adiposity and metabolic abnormalities. The potential mechanisms linking obesity to ill-health have been the focus of obesity research including the more recent investigations between obesity a...

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Main Author: Forsythe, Laura Kirsty
Published: University of Ulster 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553873