Weight loss

Weight loss

Industry: Fitness

Add a new term

Contributors in Weight loss

Become a Contributors

Weight loss

Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)

Fitness; Weight loss

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).

Baseline

Fitness; Weight loss

For the purposes of this weight loss glossary: 1. Information gathered at the beginning of a study from which variations found in the study are measured. 2. A known value or quantity with which an ...

Bariatric

Fitness; Weight loss

Pertaining to weight (from the same root as in barometer — measuring the "weight" of air) Bariatric surgery (such as gastric bypass) may be performed by bariatric surgeons. Bariatric physicians are ...

Bariatric surgery

Fitness; Weight loss

The word "bariatric" comes from the Greek word baros, meaning weight. Bariatric surgery is another word for weight loss surgery, which is surgery designed to treat severe obesity.