Body composition as indicator of eating disorders in female students
Introduction. The transition to university education as a stressful period and the need to be likeable where physical appearance is concerned can be a trigger for a change in attitudes towards eating patterns. Body composition is an essential component of nutritional status and the most common parameter used as an indicator of physical appearance. ...
By Olivera Pilipović-Spasojević, Nenad Ponorac, Mira Spremo
Effect of type of sport, weekly physical exertion and body mass index on values of bone turnover markers in elite female athletes
Introduction. The aim of the study was to determine the level of bone turnover markers (serum middle fragment of osteocalcin and b-CrossLaps) in young female athletes involved in different sports, as well as to determine the relation between bone turnover markers (BMT) and type of sports activity, weekly physical exertion and body mass index. Metho...
By Nenad Ponorac, Tanja Šobot, Nela Rašeta