Anthropometrics by Three-Dimensional Photonic Scanner in Patients with Obesity Before and After Bariatric Surgery.

Background: We studied body composition by three-dimensional photonic scanning (3DPS) and metabolic biomarkers in a large ethnically diverse cohort of individuals with severe obesity before and after weight loss by Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) or adjustable gastric banding (AGB) surgery.

Materials And Methods: Male and female participants (n = 95) underwent 3DPS testing in the weeks preceding bariatric surgery (baseline), and 1 year after either RYGB (n = 34) or AGB (n = 9).

Results: Principal component analysis showed that A1C and HDL cholesterol clustered with waist-to-hip ratio (WHR).

Characterizing the impact of starch and gluten-induced alterations on gelatinization behavior of physically modified model dough.

Gelatinization properties of physically modified starch-gluten matrices are often exclusively traced back to starch constitution without considering the state of gluten. Thus, gelatinization of model dough, combining reference (rS)/modified starch (mS) with reference (rG)/modified gluten (mG), was investigated using nuclear magnetic resonance and differential scanning calorimetry to relate structural alterations of biopolymers to their hydration properties. No differences were found in gelatinization onsets of model dough consisting of rS and mS combined with mG (starch: gluten = 50:50 (m/m)), although gelatinization enthalpy of mS mG (1.

Reliability of the EchoMRI Infants System for Water and Fat Measurements in Newborns.

Objective: The precision and accuracy of a quantitative magnetic resonance (EchoMRI Infants) system in newborns were determined.

Methods: Canola oil and drinking water phantoms (increments of 10 g to 1.9 kg) were scanned four times.