MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Prof. Marwan EL GHOCH Professore Associato in Scienza dell'Alimentazione e Tecniche Dietetiche Applicate MEDS-08/C Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Metaboliche e Neuroscienze Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia Modena, 41125, Italy MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: Body mass index (BMI) is an easy-to-use tool to determine an individual’s by classifying him/her as having normal weight, overweight, or obesity, and this is based on universal cut-off points suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO) for all age groups. Not taking into account the potential changes that may occur to body composition compartments during the individual’s lifespan. In fact, little is still known about this topic in people with overweight and obesity. For this reason our study aimed to compare the body composition compartments between three different age groups (young, middle-age, and older adults), adopting a design that matched these 3 age groups by BMI. (more…)