Bioimpedance — Publications

Effects of a powdered meal replacement on body composition in individuals with excess body weight: Comparison across multiple measurement techniques

Montenegro J, Bennett JP, Siervo M, Oliveira L, Berg A, Sharma AM, Mereu L, Shepherd J, Walter J, Prado CMM

Nutrition, 153, 113436 (2027)

Mobile applications for body composition estimation: functionality, current findings, and future directions

Poltronieri TS, Silva BRD, Bennett JP, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J, Prado CMM

Nutrition, 150, 113299 (2026)

Consumer Technologies for Personalized Health: Feasibility of Five‐Compartment Body Composition Self‐Assessment Using Mobile Devices

Bennett JP, Wong MC, Liu YE, Kelly NN, Quon BK, Shepherd J

Obesity, 34, 1243-1253 (2026)

Abdominal posture biases 3D optical imaging measurements while bioelectrical impedance analysis remains unaffected

Balmores DM, Liu YE, Kelly NN, Shepherd J, Bennett JP

Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 73, 103131 (2026)

Methodological standards for body composition assessment—an expert-endorsed guide for research and clinical applications: bioimpedance, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, computerized tomography, and ultrasound methods

Prado CMM, Gonzalez MC, Norman K, Orsso CE, Barazzoni R, Cederholm T, …, Shepherd J, et al.

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 123, 101283 (2026)

Comparing body composition techniques against an adapted multicompartment model in individuals with excess body weight

Montenegro J, Bennett JP, Oliveira CLP, Berg A, Sharma AM, Mereu L, Shepherd J, Siervo M, Walter J, Prado CM

Nutrition, 143, 113033 (2025)

Association of body composition measures to muscle strength using DXA, D3Cr, and BIA in collegiate athletes

Cataldi D, Bennett JP, Quon BK, Leong LT, Kelly TL, Binder AM, Evans JW, PRADO C, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Scientific Reports, 15, 5839 (2025)

Improving Body Composition Analysis in Oncology: Do Measures From Multicompartment, 2C and CT Agree? Implications for Monitoring Sarcopenia Risk

Bennett JP, Ford KL, Siervo M, González MC, Lukaski HC, Sawyer MB, Mourtzakis M, Deutz NE, Shepherd J, Prado CM

Current Developments in Nutrition, 8, 102322 (2024)

Accurate prediction of three-dimensional humanoid avatars for anthropometric modeling

McCarthy C, Wong MC, Brown J, Ramirez S, Yang S, Bennett JP, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

International Journal of Obesity, 48, 1741-1747 (2024)

Advancing body composition assessment in patients with cancer: First comparisons of traditional versus multicompartment models

Bennett JP, Ford KL, Siervo M, González MC, Lukaski HC, Sawyer MB, Mourtzakis M, Deutz NE, Shepherd J, Prado CM

Nutrition, 125, 112494 (2024)

Variations in bioelectrical impedance devices impact raw measures comparisons and subsequent prediction of body composition using recommended estimation equations

Bennett JP, Cataldi D, Liu YE, Kelly NN, Quon BK, González MC, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 63, 540-550 (2024)

Development and validation of a rapid multicompartment body composition model using 3-dimensional optical imaging and bioelectrical impedance analysis

Bennett JP, Cataldi D, Liu YE, Kelly NN, Quon BK, Schoeller DA, Kelly TL, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Clinical Nutrition, 43, 346-356 (2023)

Accuracy and precision of multiple body composition methods and associations with muscle strength in athletes of varying hydration: The Da Kine Study

Cataldi D, Bennett JP, Wong MC, Quon BK, Liu YE, Kelly NN, Kelly TL, Schoeller DA, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Clinical Nutrition, 43, 284-294 (2023)

The bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) international database: aims, scope, and call for data

Silva AM, Campa F, Stagi S, Gobbo LA, Buffa R, Toselli S, …, Shepherd J, et al.

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 77, 1143-1150 (2023)

Next-generation smart watches to estimate whole-body composition using bioimpedance analysis: accuracy and precision in a diverse, multiethnic sample

Bennett JP, Liu YE, Kelly NN, Quon BK, Wong MC, McCarthy C, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 116, 1418-1429 (2022)

Biomarker-based visceral adiposity score and incident type 2 diabetes in the multiethnic cohort

Maskarinec G, Raquinio PA, Setiawan VW, Ernst T, Franke AA, Buchthal SD, Shepherd J, Wilkens LR, Lim U, Marchand LL

Annals of Epidemiology, 63, 29-34 (2021)

Measuring fat mass in body equivalent materials using an RF resonant cavity

Kotowski L, Neuhauser B, Robinson MP, Shepherd J

Medical Physics, 47, 3945-3951 (2020)

Body Composition Measurements from Birth through 5 Years: Challenges, Gaps, and Existing & Emerging Technologies—A National Institutes of Health workshop

Gallagher D, Andres A, Fields DA, Evans WJ, Kuczmarski RJ, Lowe WL, Lumeng JC, Oken E, Shepherd J, Sun SS, Heymsfield SB

Obesity Reviews, 21, e13033 (2020)

Validation of rapid 4-component body composition assessment with the use of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and bioelectrical impedance analysis

Ng BK, Liu YE, Wang W, Kelly TL, Wilson KE, Schoeller DA, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 108, 708-715 (2018)

Measuring body composition in low‐resource settings across the life course

Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB, Norris SA, Redman LM, Ward LC, Slater C

Obesity, 24, 985-988 (2016)

Relationship of Serum Estrogens and Metabolites with Area and Volume Mammographic Densities

Gierach GL, Patel DA, Falk RT, Pfeiffer RM, Geller BM, Vacek PM, …, Shepherd J, et al.

Hormones and Cancer, 6, 107-119 (2015)

Advances in the Science and Application of Body Composition Measurement

Baracos VE, Caserotti P, Earthman CP, Fields DA, Gallagher D, Hall KD, Heymsfield SB, Müller MJ, Rosen AN, Pichard C, Redman LM, Shen W, Shepherd J, Thomas DM

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 36, 96-107 (2012)