Weight loss

Weight loss

Industry: Fitness

Add a new term

Contributors in Weight loss

Become a Contributors

Weight loss

blood glucose

Fitness; Weight loss

The main sugar that the body makes from the food in the diet. Glucose is carried through the bloodstream to provide energy to all cells in the body. Cells cannot use glucose without the help of ...

blood clots

Fitness; Weight loss

Blood that has been converted from a liquid to a solid state. Also called a thrombus.

bioelectrical

Fitness; Weight loss

Impedance Analysis. A body composition test that works by sending a small electrical signal through the body, enabling the amount of fat, muscle, and other lean tissue to be measured.

bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)

A way to estimate the amount of body weight that is fat and nonfat. Nonfat weight comes from bone, muscle, body water, organs, and other body tissues. BIA works by measuring how difficult it is for a ...

bioelectric impedance analysis

Fitness; Weight loss

A seemingly simple method for determining the lean body mass. Abbreviated BIA. There are two methods of the BIA. One involves standing on a special scale with footpads. A harmless amount of ...

belly

Fitness; Weight loss

That part of the body that contains all of the structures between the chest and the pelvis. Also called the abdomen.

barium swallow

Fitness; Weight loss

An X-ray test used to define the anatomy of the upper digestive tract. The test involves filling the esophagus, stomach, and small intestines with a liquid material (barium).