body composition
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000851
The relative amounts of various components in the body, such as percentage of body fat.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-000851 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| References | Medical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | physiology; anthropometric measurements; carcass composition; dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; plethysmography; body protein; body water; lean body mass; body fat |
| Translations | Spanish: composición corporal |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-AGR-000851",
"term": "body composition",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "The relative amounts of various components in the body, such as percentage of body fat.",
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"physiology",
"anthropometric measurements",
"carcass composition",
"dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry",
"plethysmography",
"body protein",
"body water",
"lean body mass",
"body fat"
],
"references": [
"Medical Subject Headings",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "composición corporal"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/body-composition/"
}
Record 851 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.