title: Body composition in subjects with surgically obtained stable body weight normalization.
abstract: The body composition of lean control subjects was compared with that of subjects following biliopancreatic diversion for morbid obesity, when their excess weight had been stabilized at under 40 per cent of the ideal body weight value for over two years. Lean body mass, body cell mass and fat were indirectly calculated from total body water and total body sodium, measured by isotope dilution technique. The body composition in the two groups of subjects was essentially normal, as was indicated by the percentage values of the body composition parameters and by the linear correlations between body weight and the lean body compartments size.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia chirurgica, Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Adami
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barreca
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gianetta
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Traverso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castagnola
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vitale
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Summa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Semino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marinari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001823:Body Composition; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007581:Jejunoileal Bypass; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*