Creatine supplementation has been shown to increase measures of lean body mass (LBM);
however, there often is high heterogeneity across individual studies. Therefore, the aim of …

The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human
skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones …

There is general consensus that an improper diet negatively impacts health and that
nutrition is a primary tool for the prevention of non-communicable diseases. Unfortunately …

Thermophysiological functions should be considered in the age segmentation of elderly
people for thermal comfort differentiation. This paper aims to establish a scientific age …

Background Obesity is protective of bone health; however, abdominal obesity is associated
with a higher fracture risk. Little is known about whether body composition protects or …

Abstract Living South Asians have low lean tissue mass relative to height, which contributes
to their elevated type 2 diabetes susceptibility, particularly when accompanied by obesity …

Objective Frailty is the physiological stress that individuals suffer during their life. In past
populations, frailty is conventionally assessed through the occurrence of different …

Sarcopenia disease is due to low muscle mass in humans. Sarcopenia leads to
osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome and difficulty in performing day-to-day activities. At …

Neanderthals are our one of our closest evolutionary cousins, but while they evolved in
Eurasia, we (anatomically modern humans, AMH) originated in Africa. This contrasting …

Maternal obesity programs the offspring to metabolic dysfunction. However, the effects of
maternal obesity on skeletal muscle programming and ageing have been little explored. To …