One of the major challenges is to characterize normal transport.
For the purpose of data analysis, we collapsed the BMI z-scores into two categories to characterize child weight: normal weight (BMI z-score ≤ +1) vs. overweight/obese (BMI z-score > +1) [ 21].
We also examined the possibility that regular use of the prosthesis during the prosthetic fitting period and following rehabilitation a second adaptation occurs, resulting in normal weight distribution characterized by reduced postural sway on two legs and return to the normal postural stability on single leg.
For instance, among subjects with sarcopenic obesity, we found women suffering of normal weight obese (NWO) syndrome, characterized by normal body weight and BMI, but high TBFat accumulation (PBF ≥ 30%) accompanied by TBLean mass deficiency [ 20].
De Lorenzo et al. have identified the normal weight obese (NWO) syndrome, characterized by normal body weight and BMI, but high total body fat mass (TBFat) accumulation (>30%) accompanied by TBLean deficiency [ 15] and high level of atherogenic indices and oxidative stress [ 16, 17].
For example, focus group findings [ 34] demonstrated a higher propensity to characterize overweight body type schematic images as normal weight among African-American mothers and middle-income white mothers, when compared to low-income white and Hispanic mothers.
Normal weight obese (NWO) syndrome is characterized by normal body mass index (BMI), but high amount of fat mass and reduced lean mass.
Fat accumulation in the liver is characterized by several features of insulin resistance in normal weight and moderately overweight subjects, independent of BMI and intra-abdominal and overall obesity [ 32].
For girls with normal weight, mid-adolescence appears to be a period characterized by a rapid development in self-image and its underlying components.
The "metabolically obese" phenotype (20) characterized by normal body weight with increased abdominal adiposity was also common (Table 1).
Approximately 23% of genistein-supplemented offspring were characterized as normal adult weight, compared with only 10% of unsupplemented offspring.
