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Energy Gap In The Aetiology Of Body Weight Gain And Obesity: A Challenging Concept With A Complex Evaluation And Pitfalls, Yves Schutz, Nuala Byrne, Abdul Dulloo, Andrew Hills
Energy Gap In The Aetiology Of Body Weight Gain And Obesity: A Challenging Concept With A Complex Evaluation And Pitfalls, Yves Schutz, Nuala Byrne, Abdul Dulloo, Andrew Hills
Nuala Byrne
Double burden of childhood undernutrition and adult-onset adiposity in transitioning societies poses a significant public health challenge. The development of suboptimal lean body mass (LBM) could partly explain the link between these two forms of malnutrition. This review examines the evidence on both the role of nutrition in “developmental programming” of LBM and the nutritional influences that affect LBM throughout the life course. Studies from developing countries assessing the relationship of early nutrition with later LBM provide important insights. Overall, the evidence is consistent in suggesting a positive association of early nutritional status (indicated by birth weight and growth during …
Bone Strength, Load Tolerance And Injury Risk In Elite Australian Football, Nicolas H. Hart
Bone Strength, Load Tolerance And Injury Risk In Elite Australian Football, Nicolas H. Hart
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
A paucity of research exists to characterise and investigate lower-body musculoskeletal characteristics and morphological adaptations in elite Australian Footballers with the aim to improve screening, monitoring and load management practices. Given the high prevalence of lower-body skeletal injuries in Australian Football; and the ability to measure, modify and train muscle and bone strength and their derivatives; this project served to extend scientific understanding of musculoskeletal morphology and bone strength characteristics in elite level field-based team sport athletes through a series of research studies using Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) and peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT). In particular, studies one and two …