American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Review of Body Composition

Jonathan Carter; Farah Husain; Pavlos Papasavas; Salvatore Docimo; Vance Albaugh; Laura Aylward; Cynthia Blalock; Sue Benson-Davies; Clinical Issues Committee of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons

doi:10.1016/j.soard.2024.10.037

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Review of Body Composition

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2024 Nov 29:S1550-7289(24)00913-4. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2024.10.037. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Jonathan Carter¹, Farah Husain², Pavlos Papasavas³, Salvatore Docimo⁴, Vance Albaugh⁵, Laura Aylward⁶, Cynthia Blalock⁷, Sue Benson-Davies⁸; Clinical Issues Committee of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons

Affiliations

¹ University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona.
³ Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut.
⁴ University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
⁵ Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
⁶ West Virginia University Health Sciences, Morgantown, West Virginia.
⁷ Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁸ University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota.

PMID: 39706721
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2024.10.037

Abstract

Although the body mass index (BMI) has been used as a measure of obesity for decades, it is now possible to measure adiposity more directly with technologies that can quantitate body fat and other tissues. The purpose of this review is to understand body composition, describe the different ways to measure it, review changes in body composition after metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), and provide guidance on how providers can introduce measurements of body composition into their everyday practice.

Keywords: Adiposity; Bariatric surgery; Body composition; CT; DXA; MRI.

Publication types

Practice Guideline