Body Composition Lab — Publications

Increased adiposity and impaired sleep are associated with severity of greater trochanteric pain syndrome: a cross-sectional study

Minetto MA, Busso C, Andrighetti M, Quilico E, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB, Pietrobelli A

Frontiers in Medicine, 12, 1718267 (2025)

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)

Methodological standards for body composition—an expert-endorsed guide for research and clinical applications: levels, models, and terminology

Prado CM, González MC, Norman K, Barazzoni R, Cederholm T, Compher C, …, Shepherd J, et al.

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 122, 384-391 (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)

Trunk-to-leg volume and appendicular lean mass from a commercial 3-dimensional optical body scanner for disease risk identification

Bennett JP, Wong MC, Liu YE, Quon BK, Kelly NN, Garber AK, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Clinical Nutrition, 43, 2430-2437 (2024)

Clinical Anthropometrics and Body Composition from 3-Dimensional Optical Imaging

Minetto MA, Busso C, Ferraris A, Pietrobelli A, Shepherd J, McCarthy C, Heymsfield SB

Journal of Visualized Experiments, , (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)

Evaluation of visceral adipose tissue thresholds for elevated metabolic syndrome risk across diverse populations: A systematic review

Bennett JP, Prado CM, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Obesity Reviews, 25, e13767 (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)

Cross-sectional assessment of body composition and detection of malnutrition risk in participants with low body mass index and eating disorders using 3D optical surface scans

Garber AK, Bennett JP, Wong MC, Tian IY, Maskarinec G, Kennedy S, McCarthy C, Kelly NN, Liu YE, Machen VI, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 118, 812-821 (2023)

Translating digital anthropometry measurements obtained from different 3D body image scanners

Ashby N, LaPorte GJ, Richardson D, Scioletti M, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J, McGurk M, Bustillos B, Gist NH, Thomas DM

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 77, 872-880 (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)

Positions of The International Society for Clinical Densitometry and Their Etiology: A Scoping Review

Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 26, 101369 (2023)

Monitoring body composition change for intervention studies with advancing 3D optical imaging technology in comparison to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

Wong MC, Bennett JP, Leong LT, Tian IY, Liu YE, Kelly NN, …, Shepherd J

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 117, 802-813 (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)

Total and regional appendicular skeletal muscle mass prediction from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry body composition models

McCarthy C, Tinsley GM, Bosy‐Westphal A, Müller MJ, Shepherd J, Gallagher D, Heymsfield SB

Scientific Reports, 13, 2590 (2023)

Body composition changes in a 12-week exercise intervention for breast cancer patients.

Asato C, Vance A, Cheng S, Lim S, Yamada PM, Teranishi-Hashimoto C, Shepherd J, Fukui J

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 40, e12500 (2022)

Are methods of estimating fat-free mass loss with energy-restricted diets accurate?

Heymsfield SB, Ludwig DS, Wong JM, McCarthy C, Heo M, Shepherd J, Ebbeling CB

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 77, 525-531 (2022)

What Is a 2021 Reference Body?

Müller MJ, Bosy‐Westphal A, Braun W, Wong MC, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

Nutrients, 14, 1526 (2022)

A device‐agnostic shape model for automated body composition estimates from 3D optical scans

Tian IY, Wong MC, Kennedy S, Kelly NN, Liu YE, Garber AK, Heymsfield SB, Curless B, Shepherd J

Medical Physics, 49, 6395-6409 (2022)

Agreement and Precision of Deuterium Dilution for Total Body Water and Multicompartment Body Composition Assessment in Collegiate Athletes

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

Journal of Nutrition, 152, 2048-2059 (2022)

Digital Anthropometry for Body Circumference Measurements: European Phenotypic Variations throughout the Decades

Minetto MA, Pietrobelli A, Busso C, Bennett JP, Ferraris A, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

Journal of Personalized Medicine, 12, 906 (2022)

D₃‐creatine dilution for skeletal muscle mass measurement: historical development and current status

McCarthy C, Schoeller D, Brown JC, González MC, Varanoske AN, Cataldi D, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle, 13, 2595-2607 (2022)

Use of Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry to Assess Soft Tissue Composition in Breast Cancer Survivors With and Without Lymphedema

Smoot B, Mastick J, Shepherd J, Paul SM, Kober KM, Cooper BA, Conley YP, Dixit N, Hammer MJ, Fu MR, Abrams G, Miaskowski C

Lymphatic Research and Biology, 20, 391-397 (2021)

Assessment of Arm Volume Using a Tape Measure Versus a 3D Optical Scanner in Survivors with Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema

Mastick J, Smoot B, Paul SM, Kober KM, Cooper BA, Madden L, Conley YP, Dixit N, Hammer MJ, Fu MR, Piper M, Cate S, Shepherd J, Miaskowski C

Lymphatic Research and Biology, 20, 39-47 (2021)

Multicomponent density models for body composition: Review of the dual energy X‐ray absorptiometry volume approach

Heymsfield SB, Smith B, Wong MC, Bennett JP, Ebbeling CB, Wong JM, Strauss BJ, Shepherd J

Obesity Reviews, 22, e13274 (2021)

Digital anthropometric volumes: Toward the development and validation of a universal software

Sobhiyeh S, Dunkel A, Dechenaud M, Mehrnezhad A, Kennedy S, Shepherd J, Wolenski PR, Heymsfield SB

Medical Physics, 48, 3654-3664 (2021)

Assessment of clinical measures of total and regional body composition from a commercial 3-dimensional optical body scanner

Bennett JP, Liu YE, Quon BK, Kelly NN, Wong MC, Kennedy S, Chow DC, Garber AK, Weiss EJ, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Clinical Nutrition, 41, 211-218 (2021)

Associations of the Dietary Inflammatory Index with total adiposity and ectopic fat through the gut microbiota, LPS, and C-reactive protein in the Multiethnic Cohort–Adiposity Phenotype Study

Panizza C, Wilkens LR, Shvetsov YB, Maskarinec G, Park S, Shepherd J, Boushey CJ, Hébert JR, Wirth MD, Ernst T, Randolph TW, Lim U, Lampe JW, Marchand LL, Hullar MA

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 115, 1344-1356 (2021)

The effect of longitudinal exercise programming in breast cancer patients.

Fukui J, Cheng S, Lim S, Shepherd J, Yamada PM, Teranishi-Hashimoto C

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 38, TPS12124 (2020)

Digital anthropometry for body circumference measurements: Toward the development of universal three‐dimensional optical system analysis software

Sobhiyeh S, Kennedy S, Dunkel A, Dechenaud M, Weston J, Shepherd J, Wolenski PR, Heymsfield SB

Obesity Science & Practice, 7, 35-44 (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)

Myosteatosis in the Context of Skeletal Muscle Function Deficit: An Interdisciplinary Workshop at the National Institute on Aging

Correa‐de‐Araujo R, Addison O, Miljkovic I, Goodpaster BH, Bergman BC, Clark RV, Elena JW, Esser KA, Ferrucci L, Harris‐Love MO, Kritchevsky S, Lorbergs AL, Shepherd J, Shulman GI, Rosen CJ

Frontiers in Physiology, 11, 963 (2020)

Effects of Time-Restricted Eating on Weight Loss and Other Metabolic Parameters in Women and Men With Overweight and Obesity

Lowe DA, Wu N, Rohdin-Bibby L, Moore AH, Kelly NN, Liu YE, Philip EJ, Vittinghoff E, Heymsfield SB, Olgin JE, Shepherd J, Weiss EJ

JAMA Internal Medicine, 180, 1491 (2020)

Optimum waist circumference‐height indices for evaluating adult adiposity: An analytic review

Hwaung P, Heo M, Kennedy S, Hong S, Thomas DM, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

Obesity Reviews, 21, e12947 (2019)

Effects of Intermittent Energy Restriction Combined with a Mediterranean Diet on Reducing Visceral Adiposity: A Randomized Active Comparator Pilot Study

Panizza C, Lim U, Yonemori K, Cassel K, Wilkens LR, Harvie M, Maskarinec G, Delp EJ, Lampe JW, Shepherd J, Marchand LL, Boushey CJ

Nutrients, 11, 1386 (2019)

Detailed 3-dimensional body shape features predict body composition, blood metabolites, and functional strength: the Shape Up! studies

Ng BK, Sommer MJ, Wong MC, Pagano I, Nie Y, Fan B, …, Shepherd J

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 110, 1316-1326 (2019)

Pediatric Bone Mineral Accrual Z-Score Calculation Equations and Their Application in Childhood Disease

Kelly A, Shults J, Mostoufi‐Moab S, McCormack SE, Stallings VA, Schall JI, Kalkwarf HJ, Lappe JM, Gilsanz V, Oberfield SE, Shepherd J, Winer KK, Leonard MB, Zemel BS

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 34, 195-203 (2018)

Subcutaneous Fat Fibrosis Links Obesity to Insulin Resistance in Chinese Americans

Alba D, Farooq J, Lin M, Schafer AL, Shepherd J, Koliwad SK

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 103, 3194-3204 (2018)

Improved strength prediction combining clinically available measures of skeletal muscle mass and quality

Bourgeois B, Fan B, Johannsen NM, González MC, Ng BK, Sommer MJ, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle, 10, 84-94 (2018)

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)

Digital anthropometry: a critical review

Heymsfield SB, Bourgeois B, Ng BK, Sommer MJ, Li X, Shepherd J

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 72, 680-687 (2018)

Clinically applicable optical imaging technology for body size and shape analysis: comparison of systems differing in design

Bourgeois B, Ng BK, Latimer D, Stannard CR, Romeo L, Li X, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 71, 1329-1335 (2017)

Evaluation of Sarcopenia by DXA

Clinical Reviews in Bone and Mineral Metabolism, 14, 45-49 (2016)

Clinical anthropometrics and body composition from 3D whole-body surface scans

Ng BK, Hinton B, Fan B, Kanaya AM, Shepherd J

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 70, 1265-1270 (2016)

The Relationship of Weight-Bearing Physical Activity and Dietary Calcium Intake with Bone Mass Accrual in the Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study Cohort

Lappe JM, Watson P, Gilsanz V, Kalkwarf HJ, Hangartner TN, Oberfield SE, Shepherd J, Zemel BS, Winer KK

Total and Regional Body Volumes Derived From Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Output

Wilson J, Fan B, Shepherd J

Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 16, 368-373 (2013)

Executive Summary of the 2013 International Society for Clinical Densitometry Position Development Conference on Body Composition

Shepherd J, Baim S, Bilezikian JP, Schousboe JT

Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 16, 489-495 (2013)

Improved 4-compartment body-composition model for a clinically accessible measure of total body protein

Wilson J, Strauss BJ, Fan B, Duewer FW, Shepherd J

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 97, 497-504 (2013)

The Official Positions of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry: Indications of Use and Reporting of DXA for Body Composition

Kendler DL, Borges J, Fielding RA, Itabashi A, Krueger D, Mulligan K, Camargos BM, Sabowitz B, Wu C, Yu EW, Shepherd J

Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 16, 496-507 (2013)

The Official Positions of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry: Body Composition Analysis Reporting

Petak SM, Barbu C, Yu EW, Fielding RA, Mulligan K, Sabowitz B, Wu C, Shepherd J

Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 16, 508-519 (2013)

Pegylated interferon for chronic hepatitis C in children affects growth and body composition: Results from the pediatric study of hepatitis C (PEDS-C) trial

Jonas MM, Balistreri WF, González‐Peralta RP, Haber B, Lobritto S, Mohan P, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Narkewicz MR, Rosenthal P, Schwarz KB, Barton B, Shepherd J, Mitchell PD, Duggan C

Hepatology, 56, 523-531 (2012)

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)

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry–based body volume measurement for 4-compartment body composition

Wilson J, Mulligan K, Fan B, Sherman J, Murphy EJ, Tai V, Powers C, Marquez L, Ruiz-Barros V, Shepherd J

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 95, 25-31 (2011)

Effect of 1 year of an intentional weight loss intervention on bone mineral density in type 2 diabetes: Results from the look AHEAD randomized trial

Schwartz AV, Johnson K, Kahn SE, Shepherd J, Nevitt MC, Peters AL, Walkup MP, Hodges A, Williams CC, Bray GA

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 27, 619-627 (2011)

Comparisons of percentage body fat, body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-stature ratio in adults

Flegal KM, Shepherd J, Looker AC, Graubard BI, Borrud LG, Ogden CL, Harris TB, Everhart JE, Schenker N

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 89, 500-508 (2008)

QDR 4500A dual-energy X-ray absorptiometer underestimates fat mass in comparison with criterion methods in adults

Schoeller DA, Tylavsky FA, Baer DJ, Chumlea WC, Earthman CP, Fuerst T, Harris TB, Heymsfield SB, Horlick M, Lohman TG, Lukaski HC, Shepherd J, Siervogel RM, Borrud LG

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 81, 1018-1025 (2005)