Université de Fribourg

Functional body composition and related aspects in research on obesity and cachexia: report on the 12th Stock Conference held on 6 and 7 September 2013 in Hamburg, Germany

Müller, M. J. ; Baracos, V. ; Bosy-Westphal, A. ; Dulloo, Abdul G. ; Eckel, J. ; Fearon, K. C. H. ; Hall, K. D. ; Pietrobelli, A. ; Sørensen, T. I. A. ; Speakman, J. ; Trayhurn, P. ; Visser, M. ; Heymsfield, S. B.

In: Obesity Reviews, 2014, vol. 15, no. 8, p. 640–656

The 12th Stock Conference addressed body composition and related functions in two extreme situations, obesity and cancer cachexia. The concept of ‘functional body composition’ integrates body components into regulatory systems relating the mass of organs and tissues to corresponding in vivo functions and metabolic processes. This concept adds to an understanding of organ/tissue mass and...

Université de Fribourg

Body composition, inflammation and thermogenesis in pathways to obesity and the metabolic syndrome: an overview

Dulloo, Abdul G. ; Montani, Jean-Pierre

In: Obesity Reviews, 2012, vol. 13, no. S2, p. 1–5

According to the World Health Organization, overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. What constitutes ‘abnormal’ fat accumulation in this definition is not specified, but this most likely represents a consensus term that encapsulates the importance of adipose tissue dysfunctions, rather than solely excess fat per se, in the...