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Adipose tissues often exhibit subtle, quantitative differences between individuals, leading to a graded series of adiposity phenotypes at the population level. Robust, quantitative analyses are vital for studying these differences. In this Commentary we highlight two articles from our lab that employ sensitive new methods in zebrafish capable of delineating complex and quantitative adiposity phenotypes. In the first article, we utilized in vivo imaging to systematically quantify zebrafish adipose tissues. We identified 34 regionally distinct zebrafish adipose tissues and developed statistical models to predict the size and variance of each adipose tissue over the course of zebrafish growth. We then employed these models to identify effects of strain and diet on adipose tissue growth. In the second article, we employed deep phenotyping to study complex disease-related adiposity traits. Using this methodology, we identified that adipose tissues have unique capacities to re-deposit lipid following food restriction and re-feeding. These distinct re-deposition potentials led to widespread fat distribution changes following re-feeding. We discuss how these novel findings may provide relevance to health conditions such as anorexia nervosa. Together, the strategies described in these two articles can be used as unbiased and quantitative methods to uncover new relationships between genotype, diet and adiposity.
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- Loes M.H. Elemans
- Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK
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Ahmadi S, Eshraghian MR, Hedayati M, Pishva H. Relationship between estrogen and body composition, energy, and endocrine factors in obese women with normal and low REE. Steroids 2018; 130:31-35. [PMID: 29273197 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2017.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Revised: 12/02/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between estrogen and leptin, thyroid (T3), Uncoupling Protein2 (UCP2), sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), and resting energy expenditure(REE) in obese subjects with normal and low REE, and to investigate the relationship of estrogen with body composition and energy intake. METHOD A total 49 subjects (25-50 years old) were selected. Anthropometric measurements, body composition, and resting energy expenditure were measured. Fasted circulating leptin, T3, SHBG and UCP2 levels were also measured. Subjects were divided to three groups: BMI > 30 and low resting energy expenditure (group I, n = 16), BMI > 30 and normal resting energy expenditure (group II, n = 17), and non-obese women as the control group (group III, n = 16). RESULT A significant association was observed between estrogen and REE in obese women with normal REE. There was a significant association between estrogen and leptin in groups I (β = 0.98, p < .0001), and II (β = 0.84, P < .0001). However, no significant association was observed between estrogen and T3 and UCP2 protein in the three groups. Regression analyses demonstrated no correlation between fat mass, percent fat mass, and plasma estrogen. Plasma estrogen was not correlated with caloric intake or macronutrients of the diet. CONCLUSION Estrogen has been shown to affect metabolism and hemostasis in obesity and increases resting energy expenditure via leptin. Production of UCP2 in PBMC is not affected by estrogen.
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- Somaye Ahmadi
- Department of Cellular-Molecular Nutrition, School of Nutrition Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Cellular-Molecular Nutrition, School of Nutrition Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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El Ghoch M, Calugi S, Lamburghini S, Dalle Grave R. Anorexia nervosa and body fat distribution: a systematic review. Nutrients 2014; 6:3895-912. [PMID: 25251296 PMCID: PMC4179194 DOI: 10.3390/nu6093895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Revised: 08/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The aim of this paper was to conduct a systematic review of body fat distribution before and after partial and complete weight restoration in individuals with anorexia nervosa. Literature searches, study selection, method development and quality appraisal were performed independently by two authors, and data was synthesized using a narrative approach. Twenty studies met the inclusion criteria and were consequently analyzed. The review had five main findings. First, during anorexia nervosa adolescent females lose more central body fat, while adult females more peripheral fat. Second, partial weight restoration leads to greater fat mass deposition in the trunk region than other body regions in adolescent females. Third, after short-term weight restoration, whether partial or complete, adults show a central adiposity phenotype with respect to healthy age-matched controls. Fourth, central fat distribution is associated with increased insulin resistance, but does not adversely affect eating disorder psychopathology or cause psychological distress in female adults. Fifth, the abnormal central fat distribution seems to normalize after long-term maintenance of complete weight restoration, indicating that preferential central distribution of body fat is a transitory phenomenon. However, a discrepancy in the findings has been noted, especially between adolescents and adults; besides age and gender, these appear to be related to differences in the methodology and time of body composition assessments. The PROSPERO Registry—Anorexia Nervosa and Body Fat Distribution: A Systematic Review (CRD42014008738).
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- Marwan El Ghoch
- Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016 Garda (Vr), Italy.
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- Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016 Garda (Vr), Italy.
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- Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016 Garda (Vr), Italy.
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- Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016 Garda (Vr), Italy.
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El Ghoch M, Milanese C, Calugi S, Pellegrini M, Battistini NC, Dalle Grave R. Body composition, eating disorder psychopathology, and psychological distress in anorexia nervosa: a longitudinal study. Am J Clin Nutr 2014; 99:771-8. [PMID: 24500157 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.078816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although the effect of immediate weight restoration on body composition and body fat distribution has previously been studied in anorexia nervosa (AN), its influence in women with AN on eating disorder psychopathology and psychological distress has not previously been investigated to our knowledge. OBJECTIVES We assessed body composition and fat mass distribution before and after body weight restoration and investigated any relation between changes in body fat patterns of patients with AN treated in a specialist inpatient unit and their eating disorder and psychological distress features. DESIGN Body composition was measured by using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in 50 female, adult patients with AN before and after complete weight restoration [body mass index (BMI; in kg/m²) ≥18.5] and 100 healthy control subjects matched by age and posttreatment BMI of study group participants. Eating disorder psychopathology and psychological distress were assessed in the AN group before and after weight restoration by using the Eating Disorder Examination interview and the Global Severity Index of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-GSI), respectively. RESULTS After the achievement of complete weight restoration, patients with AN had higher trunk (P < 0.001), android (P < 0.001), and gynoid (P < 0.001) fat masses and lower arm (P < 0.001) and leg (P = 0.001) fat masses with respect to control subjects. No relation was shown between body-composition variables and eating disorder psychopathology in the AN group, and the only significant predictor of change in BSI-GSI was the baseline BSI-GSI score. CONCLUSION The normalization of body weight in patients with AN is associated with a preferential distribution of body fat in central regions, which does not, however, seem to influence either eating disorder psychopathology or psychological distress scores.
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- Marwan El Ghoch
- Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Garda, Italy (MEG, SC, and RDG); the Department of Neurological and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy (CM); and the Department of Diagnostic, Clinical and Public Health, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy (MP and NCB)
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Bosy-Westphal A, Schautz B, Lagerpusch M, Pourhassan M, Braun W, Goele K, Heller M, Glüer CC, Müller MJ. Effect of weight loss and regain on adipose tissue distribution, composition of lean mass and resting energy expenditure in young overweight and obese adults. Int J Obes (Lond) 2013; 37:1371-7. [PMID: 23381557 DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2013.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2012] [Revised: 12/04/2012] [Accepted: 12/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although weight cycling is frequent in obese patients, the adverse consequences on body composition and an increased propensity to weight gain remain controversial. OBJECTIVE We investigated the effect of intentional weight loss and spontaneous regain on fat distribution, the composition of lean mass and resting energy expenditure (REE). DESIGN Weight regainers (≥ 30% of loss, n=27) and weight-stable subjects (within <± 20% of weight change, n=20) were selected from 103 overweight and obese subjects (body mass index 28-43 kg m(-2), 24-45 years) who passed a 13-week low-calorie diet intervention. REE and body composition (by densitometry and whole-body magnetic resonance imaging) were examined at baseline, after weight loss and at 6 months of follow-up. RESULTS Mean weight loss was -12.3 ± 3.3 kg in weight-stable subjects and -9.0 ± 4.3 kg in weight regainers (P<0.01). Weight regain was incomplete, accounting for 83 and 42% of weight loss in women and men. Regain in total fat and different adipose tissue depots was in proportion to weight regain except for a higher regain in adipose tissue of the extremities in women and a lower regain in extremity and visceral adipose tissue in men. In both genders, regain in skeletal muscle of the trunk lagged behind skeletal muscle regain at the extremities. In contrast to weight-stable subjects, weight regainers showed a reduced REE adjusted for changes in organ and tissue masses after weight loss (P<0.001). CONCLUSION Weight regain did not adversely affect body fat distribution. Weight loss-associated adaptations in REE may impair weight loss and contribute to weight regain.
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Wells JCK. Ecogeographical associations between climate and human body composition: analyses based on anthropometry and skinfolds. Am J Phys Anthropol 2011; 147:169-86. [PMID: 22212891 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2011] [Accepted: 06/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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In the 19th century, two "ecogeographical rules" were proposed hypothesizing associations of climate with mammalian body size and proportions. Data on human body weight and relative leg length support these rules; however, it is unknown whether such associations are attributable to lean tissue (the heat-producing component) or fat (energy stores). Data on weight, height, and two skinfold thickness were obtained from the literature for 137 nonindustrialized populations, providing 145 male and 115 female individual samples. A variety of indices of adiposity and lean mass were analyzed. Preliminary analyses indicated secular increases in skinfolds in men but not women, and associations of age and height with lean mass in both sexes. Decreasing annual temperature was associated with increasing body mass index (BMI), and increasing triceps but not subscapular skinfold. After adjusting for skinfolds, decreasing temperature remained associated with increasing BMI. These results indicate that colder environments favor both greater peripheral energy stores, and greater lean mass. Contrasting results for triceps and subscapular skinfolds might be due to adaptive strategies either constraining central adiposity in cold environments to reduce cardiovascular risk, or favoring central adiposity in warmer environments to maintain energetic support of the immune system. Polynesian populations were analyzed separately and contradicted all of the climate trends, indicating support for the hypothesis that they are cold-adapted despite occupying a tropical region. It is unclear whether such associations emerge through natural selection or through trans-generational and life-course plasticity. These findings nevertheless aid understanding of the wide variability in human physique and adiposity.
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- Jonathan C K Wells
- Childhood Nutrition Research Center, UCL Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London, UK.
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Lock L, Williams H, Bamford B, Lacey JH. The St George's eating disorders service meal preparation group for inpatients and day patients pursuing full recovery: a pilot study. Eur Eat Disord Rev 2011; 20:218-24. [PMID: 21910164 DOI: 10.1002/erv.1134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2010] [Revised: 02/18/2011] [Accepted: 04/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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This naturalistic cohort study evaluates a meal cookery group-based occupational therapy intervention for adult inpatients and day patients with severe eating disorders. It also evaluates the Eating and Meal Preparation Skills Assessment (EMPSA) as an outcome measure, allowing clients pursuing recovery to rate ability and motivation to perform tasks related to preparing and eating 'normal' meals. Twenty-seven participants completed EMPSAs at their first, 10th and final sessions, plus 1 year later. The Ability subscale of EMPSA indicated significant improvements (p < 0.001) by the 10th session, which was maintained 1 year later. The Motivation subscale of EMPSA indicated no significant changes at the 10th session but highly significant improvements (p < 0.001) between the 10th and final session, which was maintained 1 year later. Internal consistency for EMPSA was demonstrated by Cronbach's alpha of 0.71 for Ability subscale and 0.95 for Motivation subscale. We conclude that the meal preparation group is effective and durable.
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- Laura Lock
- Eating Disorders Service, South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, Springfield University Hospital, London SW17 7DJ, UK.
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Prioletta A, Muscogiuri G, Sorice GP, Lassandro AP, Mezza T, Policola C, Salomone E, Cipolla C, Della Casa S, Pontecorvi A, Giaccari A. In anorexia nervosa, even a small increase in abdominal fat is responsible for the appearance of insulin resistance. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2011; 75:202-6. [PMID: 21521315 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04046.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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CONTEXT The aim of treatment in patients affected by anorexia nervosa (AN) is weight recovery. However, during weight gain, anorectic patients' body composition is changed, with an increase in abdominal fat, particularly in the visceral compartment. OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that changes in body composition, particularly in abdominal fat, are responsible for the variability in insulin sensitivity (IS) in different stages of AN. DESIGN AND MEASUREMENTS We compared 20 anorectic patients in the acute stage, 19 in the weight-recovery stage and 21 controls. All subjects underwent an oral glucose tolerance test, hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry to measure body composition. RESULTS The percentage of trunk fat was higher in weight recovery than in the acute phase (47·7 ± 8·4%vs 34·6 ± 7·6%; P ≤ 0·01) and in the control group (33·4 ± 7·6; P < 0·01 vs weight recovery). Although the recovery group gained weight, their body mass index (BMI) was not statistically different from that of the acute group (14·4 ± 1·1 vs 13·6 ± 1·8 kg/m(2) ). Insulin sensitivity was lower in the weight-recovery group than the acute group (4·7 ± 1·5 vs 7·8 ± 1·6 mg/kg/min; P < 0·01) and controls (7·7 ± 1·4 mg/kg/min; P < 0·01). A linear negative correlation was found between IS and the percentage of abdominal fat in the weight-recovery and acute groups (r = -0·51; P = 0·04 and r = -0·53; P = 0·04 respectively), while IS did not correlate with BMI. CONCLUSION Although weight-recovery represents the main aim of treatment in AN, refeeding is associated with an increase in abdominal fat which might be responsible of the onset of insulin resistance. As BMI and weight-recovery were associated with impaired IS, they cannot be considered the only aim of treatment of AN.
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- A Prioletta
- Endocrinologia, Università Cattolica, Rome, Italy
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Mattar L, Godart N, Melchior JC, Pichard C. Anorexia nervosa and nutritional assessment: contribution of body composition measurements. Nutr Res Rev 2011; 24:39-45. [DOI: 10.1017/s0954422410000284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The psychiatric condition of patients suffering from anorexia nervosa (AN) is affected by their nutritional status. An optimal assessment of the nutritional status of patients is fundamental in understanding the relationship between malnutrition and the psychological symptoms. The present review evaluates some of the available methods for measuring body composition in patients with AN. We searched literature in Medline using several key terms relevant to the present review in order to identify papers. Only articles in English or French were reviewed. A brief description is provided for each body composition technique, with its applicability in AN as well as its limitation. All methods of measuring body composition are not yet validated and/or feasible in patients with AN. The present review article proposes a practical approach for selecting the most appropriate methods depending on the setting, (i.e. clinical v. research) and the goal of the assessment (initial v. follow-up) in order to have a more personalised treatment for patients suffering from AN.
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Wells JC, Griffin L, Treleaven P. Independent changes in female body shape with parity and age: A life-history approach to female adiposity. Am J Hum Biol 2009; 22:456-62. [DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Mayer LES, Klein DA, Black E, Attia E, Shen W, Mao X, Shungu DC, Punyanita M, Gallagher D, Wang J, Heymsfield SB, Hirsch J, Ginsberg HN, Walsh BT. Adipose tissue distribution after weight restoration and weight maintenance in women with anorexia nervosa. Am J Clin Nutr 2009; 90:1132-7. [PMID: 19793856 PMCID: PMC2762154 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Body image distortions are a core feature of anorexia nervosa (AN). We, and others, previously reported abnormalities in adipose tissue distribution after acute weight restoration in adult women with AN compared with body mass index-matched healthy control women. Whether these abnormalities persist over time remains unknown. OBJECTIVES We aimed to 1) replicate previous findings that showed preferential central accumulation of adipose tissue in recently weight-restored AN women compared with control subjects, 2) describe the change within patients with longer-term (1-y) weight maintenance, and 3) compare adipose tissue distribution after 1-y maintenance with that of control subjects. DESIGN Body composition and adipose tissue distribution were assessed by whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in women with AN shortly after weight normalization (n = 30) and again 1 y after hospital discharge (n = 16) and in 8 female control subjects at 2 time points. RESULTS With acute weight restoration, AN patients had significantly greater visceral and intermuscular adipose tissue compared with control women [visceral: 0.75 +/- 0.26 compared with 0.51 +/- 0.26 kg in AN patients and controls, respectively (P = 0.02); intermuscular: 0.46 +/- 0.17 compared with 0.29 +/- 0.13 kg in AN patients and controls, respectively (P = 0.01)]. With maintenance of normal weight for approximately 1 y, visceral adipose tissue distribution in AN patients was not different from that in healthy control subjects. CONCLUSIONS In adult women with AN, normalization of weight in the short term is associated with a distribution of adipose tissue that is consistent with a central adiposity phenotype. This abnormal distribution appears to normalize within a 1-y period of weight maintenance. This research was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT 00271921 and NCT 00368667.
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- Laurel E S Mayer
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine if energy metabolism and body composition differ between women recovered from anorexia nervosa for 2 or more years (RAN) and control (C) women. METHOD Using a cross-sectional design, 16 RAN and 18 C women were studied. Respiratory quotient (RQ) and resting energy expenditure (REE) were measured using indirect calorimetry and body composition using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. RESULTS The REE between RAN and C women was not significantly different, even when adjusted for body composition. However, RAN women had a higher rate of fat oxidation (p = .015), controlling for diet and body composition. There were no significant differences between the groups for body composition, percent body fat, or percent truncal fat mass. DISCUSSION Although RAN women have a higher rate of fat oxidation, there were no significant differences in REE or body composition when compared with C women.
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- Jocilyn E Dellava
- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Wells JCK. Ethnic variability in adiposity and cardiovascular risk: the variable disease selection hypothesis. Int J Epidemiol 2008; 38:63-71. [DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Grunfeld C, Kotler DP, Arnett DK, Falutz JM, Haffner SM, Hruz P, Masur H, Meigs JB, Mulligan K, Reiss P, Samaras K. Contribution of metabolic and anthropometric abnormalities to cardiovascular disease risk factors. Circulation 2008; 118:e20-8. [PMID: 18566314 PMCID: PMC3170411 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.107.189623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Bacchetti P, Gripshover B, Grunfeld C, Heymsfield S, McCreath H, Osmond D, Saag M, Scherzer R, Shlipak M, Tien P. Fat distribution in men with HIV infection. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2005; 40:121-31. [PMID: 16186728 PMCID: PMC3166344 DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000182230.47819.aa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Both peripheral fat loss and central fat gain have been reported in HIV infection. Which changes are specific to HIV were determined by comparison with control subjects and the associations among different adipose tissue depots were determined. METHODS Cross-sectional analysis of HIV-positive and control men from the study of Fat Redistribution and Metabolic Change in HIV Infection. Lipoatrophy or lipohypertrophy was defined as concordance between participant report of change and examination. Regional adipose tissue volume was measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). RESULTS HIV-positive men reported more fat loss than controls in all peripheral and most central depots. Peripheral lipoatrophy was more frequent in HIV-positive men than in controls (38.3% vs. 4.6%, P < 0.001), whereas central lipohypertrophy was less frequent (40.2% vs. 55.9%, P = 0.001). Among HIV-positive men, the presence of central lipohypertrophy was not positively associated with peripheral lipoatrophy (odds ratio = 0.71, CI: 0.47 to 1.06, P = 0.10). On MRI, HIV-positive men with clinical peripheral lipoatrophy had less subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) in peripheral and central sites and less visceral adipose tissue (VAT) than HIV-positive men without peripheral lipoatrophy. HIV-positive men both with and without lipoatrophy had less SAT than controls, with legs and lower trunk more affected than upper trunk. Use of the antiretroviral drugs stavudine or indinavir was associated with less leg SAT but did not appear to be associated with more VAT; nevirapine use was associated with less VAT. CONCLUSION Both peripheral and central subcutaneous lipoatrophy was found in HIV infection. Lipoatrophy in HIV-positive men is not associated with reciprocally increased VAT.
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- Peter Bacchetti
- University of California, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Metabolism Section, 94121, USA
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Mayer L, Walsh BT, Pierson RN, Heymsfield SB, Gallagher D, Wang J, Parides MK, Leibel RL, Warren MP, Killory E, Glasofer D. Body fat redistribution after weight gain in women with anorexia nervosa. Am J Clin Nutr 2005; 81:1286-91. [PMID: 15941877 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/81.6.1286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Body image distortions are a core feature of anorexia nervosa (AN). Increasing evidence suggests that the fat distribution immediately after weight restoration in patients with AN differs from the distribution typical of healthy adult women. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess body fat distribution before and shortly after normalization of weight in women with AN. DESIGN Body composition and fat distribution were assessed by anthropometry, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in 29 women with AN before and after weight normalization and at a single time point in 15 female control subjects. Hormone concentrations were also evaluated in patients and control subjects. RESULTS During approximately 10.1 +/- 2.9 wk (range: 4-17.3 wk) of treatment, patients with AN gained 12.2 +/- 3.6 kg, and refed weight (54.1 +/- 4.2 kg) did not differ significantly from that of control subjects (54.7 +/- 4.4 kg). Waist-to-hip circumference ratio (P < 0.006), total trunk fat (P < 0.003), visceral adipose tissue (P < 0.006), and intramuscular adipose tissue (P < 0.003) were significantly greater in the weight-recovered patients than in the control subjects. In contrast, after refeeding, total subcutaneous adipose tissue and skeletal muscle mass did not differ significantly between the patients and control subjects. In patients with AN, serum cortisol decreased and serum estradiol increased significantly with refeeding but not to control concentrations. CONCLUSIONS In women with AN, normalization of weight in the short term is associated with an abnormal distribution of body fat. The implications of these findings for the long-term psychological and physical health of women with AN are unknown.
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- Laurel Mayer
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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Marra M, De Filippo E, Signorini A, Silvestri E, Pasanisi F, Contaldo F, Scalfi L. Phase angle is a predictor of basal metabolic rate in female patients with anorexia nervosa. Physiol Meas 2005; 26:S145-52. [PMID: 15798227 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/26/2/014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between basal metabolic rate (BMR) and bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) in undernourished female patients with anorexia nervosa. Participants were 86 female patients with anorexia nervosa (age 20.8+/-4.7 years; weight 39.3+/-5.2 kg; body mass index 15.4+/-1.6 kg m-2). BMR was measured by indirect calorimetry and single-frequency BIA was determined at 50 kHz on the whole body. The BIA variables considered were resistance, reactance, phase angle and the bioimpedance index (height2/resistance). Fat-free mass was calculated from subcutaneous skin fold thickness. In the study group BMR was 3782+/-661 kJ d-1 while bioimpedance index varied between 27.6 and 49.9 cm2 Omega-1 and phase angle between 2.54 degrees and 6.49 degrees. BMR was significantly correlated with weight, height, body mass index and fat-free mass, and, among BIA variables, with reactance and phase angle. Multiple regression analysis indicated that phase angle was a predictor of BMR not only when solely BIA variables were considered, but also in combination with either weight and age or fat-free mass. In conclusion, phase angle emerged as a strong predictor of BMR in female patients with anorexia nervosa. Nevertheless, further studies are necessary to confirm this finding in other forms of protein energy malnutrition and justify the inclusion of BIA variables in the equations used to predict BMR in the clinical setting.
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- Maurizio Marra
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University, Napoli, Italy.
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Adipose tissue is now recognised as a highly active metabolic and endocrine organ. Great strides have been made in uncovering the multiple functions of the adipocyte in cellular and molecular detail, but it is essential to remember that adipose tissue normally operates as a structured whole. Its functions are regulated by multiple external influences such as autonomic nervous system activity, the rate of blood flow and the delivery of a complex mix of substrates and hormones in the plasma. Attempting to understand how all these factors converge and regulate adipose tissue function is a prime example of integrative physiology. Adipose tissue metabolism is extremely dynamic, and the supply of and removal of substrates in the blood is acutely regulated according to the nutritional state. Adipose tissue possesses the ability to a very large extent to modulate its own metabolic activities, including differentiation of new adipocytes and production of blood vessels as necessary to accommodate increasing fat stores. At the same time, adipocytes signal to other tissues to regulate their energy metabolism in accordance with the body's nutritional state. Ultimately adipocyte fat stores have to match the body's overall surplus or deficit of energy. This implies the existence of one (or more) signal(s) to the adipose tissue that reflects the body's energy status, and points once again to the need for an integrative view of adipose tissue function.
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- K N Frayn
- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, UK.
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Misra M, Soyka LA, Miller KK, Grinspoon S, Levitsky LL, Klibanski A. Regional body composition in adolescents with anorexia nervosa and changes with weight recovery. Am J Clin Nutr 2003; 77:1361-7. [PMID: 12791610 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/77.6.1361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Studies of regional fat distribution in adults with anorexia nervosa (AN) have shown decreased extremity fat at baseline and increased trunk fat with weight recovery, resulting in truncal adiposity. Little is known about fat distribution in adolescents with AN, especially with weight recovery. OBJECTIVE We sought to determine whether regional fat distribution in adolescents with AN is comparable with that in healthy adolescents and whether weight recovery results in increased trunk fat and truncal adiposity. DESIGN In 21 adolescent girls with AN and 21 control subjects matched for age and pubertal stage, we measured body-composition variables with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry at baseline, 6 mo, and 12 mo. Weight recovery was defined as a > or = 10% increase in body mass index. RESULTS At baseline, the girls with AN had a lower percentage of trunk fat than did the control subjects, whereas the percentage of extremity fat was not significantly different between the groups. Weight recovery in 13 subjects with AN resulted in an increased percentage of trunk fat and an increased ratio of trunk fat to extremity fat; however, this ratio did not exceed that of control subjects. CONCLUSIONS In adolescents with AN, trunk fat rather than extremity fat is reduced. Weight recovery is associated with increased trunk fat and an increased ratio of trunk fat to extremity fat. In contrast with previous findings in adults, this most likely represents normalization of fat distribution rather than development of truncal adiposity.
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- Madhusmita Misra
- Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA
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Nicholls D, Wells JC, Singhal A, Stanhope R. Body composition in early onset eating disorders. Eur J Clin Nutr 2002; 56:857-65. [PMID: 12209374 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2000] [Revised: 12/05/2001] [Accepted: 12/10/2001] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Body mass index (BMI) or equivalent weight for height indices are the most widely used measures of body composition in early onset and adolescent eating disorders. Although of value as screening instruments the limitation in disease states is their inability to discriminate fat and fat-free components of body weight. OBJECTIVE To compare height-adjusted fat and fat-free components of body composition in children and young adolescents with different types of eating disorders with those of age matched reference children. DESIGN Weight, height, triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness were measured in 172 children (aged 7-16 y) with eating disorders receiving specialist treatment. Fat mass index (FMI) and fat-free mass index (FFMI) were calculated using Slaughter's and Deurenberg's equations and normalisation for height. Using data from 157 normal children, representative of the UK 1990 growth reference data, reference curves for FMI and FFMI+/-2 s.d. were derived. Results for patient groups were superimposed on these reference curves. RESULTS FMI and FFMI were both reduced in eating disorders associated with malnutrition, including anorexia nervosa (AN). AN subjects did not differ from other subjects with comparable degrees of malnutrition. Children with eating disorders of normal weight, such as bulimia nervosa and selective eating, did not differ significantly from reference children in their relative FM and FFM. CONCLUSIONS FM and FFM merit independent consideration in disorders of malnutrition in children, rather than expressing data as percentage body fat or percentage BMI. The implications of loss of FFM on growth and development merit further investigation.
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- D Nicholls
- Brain and Behavioural Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
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Appleton DJ, Rand JS, Sunvold GD. Plasma leptin concentrations are independently associated with insulin sensitivity in lean and overweight cats. J Feline Med Surg 2002; 4:83-93. [PMID: 12027507 DOI: 10.1053/jfms.2002.0166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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This study investigated relationships between plasma leptin, insulin concentrations, insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance in lean and overweight cats. Leptin concentrations were measured in 16 cats during glucose tolerance tests before and after gaining weight, and after feeding a test meal in overweight cats. An important finding of this study is that in both lean (r=-0.79) and overweight (r=-0.89) cats, the higher the leptin concentrations, the more insulin resistant the cat, independent of the degree of adiposity. Leptin concentrations at baseline and after consuming a meal tended to be higher in overweight cats with glucose intolerance, compared to overweight cats with normal glucose tolerance, although the difference was not significant. After feeding the test meal to overweight cats in the early morning, plasma leptin concentrations initially decreased before subsequently rising to peak 15 h later, which coincided with late evening. The leptin peak occurred 9 h after the insulin peak following ingestion of the test meal. Importantly, this study suggests that increased leptin concentrations may contribute to the diminished insulin sensitivity seen in overweight cats. Alternatively, the compensatory hyperinsulinaemia found with insulin resistance in overweight cats could stimulate leptin production.
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- D J Appleton
- Companion Animal Sciences, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia
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Scalfi L, Polito A, Bianchi L, Marra M, Caldara A, Nicolai E, Contaldo F. Body composition changes in patients with anorexia nervosa after complete weight recovery. Eur J Clin Nutr 2002; 56:15-20. [PMID: 11840175 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2001] [Revised: 06/08/2001] [Accepted: 06/18/2001] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess body composition changes occurring in female anorectic patients after complete weight recovery. DESIGN Longitudinal study. SUBJECTS : Ten female patients with anorexia nervosa (age at baseline: 19.7+/-5.8 y) were studied both when undernourished (body mass index, BMI 14.8+/-1.3 kg/ m(2)) and after the achievement of a BMI >18.5 kg/m(2). The control group comprised 18 well-nourished women (age 20.1+/-4.4 y; BMI 19.0-23.0 kg/ m(2)). INTERVENTIONS Fat mass and fat-free mass were determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Skinfold thicknesses and circumferences were also measured. Arm muscle area and arm fat area were calculated by standard formulas. RESULTS The undernourished patients had lower fat-free mass, fat mass, skinfold thicknesses and circumferences. After refeeding, fat mass represented 25-71% (mean 56%) of the mass regained, this percentage being directly related to the extent of weight gain. The increases in skinfolds and circumferences depended upon the site considered and were correlated to a various extent with those in weight or BMI. Skinfolds at biceps and abdominal sites and the waist-to-hip ratio remained significantly higher, whereas arm muscle circumference was significantly lower, in the refed group than in the control one. CONCLUSION The percentage of fat in the weight regained by refed female anorectic patients was directly related to the extent of body mass increase. Refed anorectic patients appear to preferentially regain fat in the abdominal and triceps regions. Abnormalities in skinfolds (at biceps and abdominal sites), arm muscle area and waist-to-hip ratio still persist in refed anorectic patients in comparison to control healthy controls.
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- L Scalfi
- Department of Food Science, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
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Grinspoon S, Thomas L, Miller K, Pitts S, Herzog D, Klibanski A. Changes in regional fat redistribution and the effects of estrogen during spontaneous weight gain in women with anorexia nervosa. Am J Clin Nutr 2001; 73:865-9. [PMID: 11333838 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/73.5.865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Anorexia nervosa is a disease of severe acquired undernutrition with a high and increasing prevalence among young women in the United States. OBJECTIVE The objective was to investigate the effects of spontaneous outpatient weight recovery and estrogen administration on fat distribution in patients with anorexia nervosa. DESIGN Twenty-seven amenorrheic women aged 26.6 +/- 1.2 y with anorexia nervosa were identified through an outpatient study of bone loss and were randomly assigned to receive or not receive estrogen without any dietary intervention other than calcium and multivitamin supplements. Body composition was measured at baseline and at 6 and 9 mo and was compared with cross-sectional values obtained in 20 healthy, eumenorrheic, age-matched (25.4 +/- 0.5 y) control subjects. RESULTS Twenty of the 27 patients with anorexia aged 27.0 +/- 1.3 y spontaneously gained weight (4.1 +/- 0.9 kg); body mass index (in kg/m(2)) increased from 16.1 +/- 0.3 to 17.5 +/- 0.4. Fat mass and lean mass accounted for 68% and 32% of the gain in total body mass, respectively. With spontaneous weight gain, there was a significant increase in the percentage of trunk fat from 32.4 +/- 1.3% at baseline to 36.5 +/- 1.0% at 9 mo (P = 0.03), which correlated with urinary free cortisol (r = 0.66, P = 0.003). Estrogen treatment was not protective against the gain in trunk fat with spontaneous weight gain. CONCLUSIONS In women with anorexia nervosa, spontaneous weight gain is associated with a significant increase in trunk adiposity, and estrogen administration may not protect against the accumulation of central fat with weight gain.
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- S Grinspoon
- Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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Probst M, Goris M, Vandereycken W, Van Coppenolle H. Body composition of anorexia nervosa patients assessed by underwater weighing and skinfold-thickness measurements before and after weight gain. Am J Clin Nutr 2001; 73:190-7. [PMID: 11157313 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/73.2.190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Weight restoration is a crucial element in the treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa. Therefore, the validity of different methods for measuring body composition is important. OBJECTIVE We tested the concurrent validity of hydrodensitometry (underwater weighing) and anthropometry (12 skinfold thicknesses) and assessed body composition and subcutaneous fat before and after a refeeding program and a multifaceted program of therapy in a specialized inpatient unit for eating disorders. DESIGN The body composition of a large sample of anorexia nervosa patients (97 restricting type, 33 binging-purging type) was studied by using 2 methods both before and after weight gain. We applied a behavioral contract for weight restoration with a minimum weekly gain of 700 g and a maximum of 3 kg. Bland-Altman analysis of agreement, Pearson correlation analysis, t tests, and analysis of covariance were used. RESULTS There was good agreement between the results obtained by underwater weighing and by skinfold-thickness measurement (r = 0.76, P < 0.001); the results produced by the 2 methods did not differ significantly. On average, a significant weight gain (11.9 kg) was observed, composed of 6.6 kg fat and 5.3 kg fat-free mass. CONCLUSIONS Body fat estimation by skinfold-thickness equation appeared to be as accurate as underwater weighing. The refeeding program led to a significant increase in body weight, of which 55.5% was body fat. The mean ratio of fat-free mass to fat mass at the end of the treatment was 3.4:1.
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- M Probst
- University Center St-Jozef, Kortenberg, and the Departments of Rehabilitation Sciences and Kinesiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
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We aimed to evaluate both body composition and serum leptin levels in females with a past history of anorexia nervosa (AN) adjusted for their current body mass index (BMI). Twenty-three females with a past history of AN were followed-up 10 years after inpatient treatment and compared to 23 female controls of a similar age range matched for BMI on a one to one basis. Serum leptin levels were assessed and percent body fat (%BF) was determined via bioelectric impedance analysis. Differences of both %BF and leptin levels between cases and controls were tested under the hypothesis that cases have lower %BF and lower serum leptin levels than the controls. %BF was indeed lower in the cases compared to the controls (p < 0.05). However, differences in leptin levels between both groups just failed significance (p = 0.051). We conclude that body composition differs between long-term followed-up patients with AN and BMI- and gender-matched controls. Based on the finding that the former patients reported being more physically active, we assume that the higher physical activity levels in recovered patients with AN underlie the lower %BF.
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- J Frey
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of the Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany
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Melia HP, Andrews JF, McBennett SM, Porter RK. Effects of acute leptin administration on the differences in proton leak rate in liver mitochondria from ob/ob mice compared to lean controls. FEBS Lett 1999; 458:261-4. [PMID: 10481077 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01127-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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In this investigation, the effects on proton leak of leptin administration to ob/ob mice was measured for liver mitochondria. We and others have shown that proton leak is approximately 3 times greater in liver mitochondria from ob/ob mice compared to lean controls at any given membrane potential. The results are consistent with obese mammals having higher lean mass-specific metabolic rates compared to lean controls. The increase in proton leak rate at any given membrane potential cannot be explained by the presence of free fatty acids associated with mitochondria isolated from the obese animals. The difference in proton leak must therefore represent a real difference in inner membrane permeability. Acute leptin (OB protein) administration restores the liver mitochondrial proton leak rate of ob/ob mice to that of lean controls. There was no effect on proton leak rate of liver mitochondria from sham-treated ob/ob mice. These novel results indicate a role for leptin, either directly or indirectly, in regulating the efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation.
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- H P Melia
- Department of Biochemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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