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Determination of Body Composition of Children from Skinfold Measurements
Archives of Disease in Childhood · 1971 · Vol. 46(246) · pp. 182–184
C. G. D. Brook✉(Institute of Child Health)
Abstract
Total body water was measured in 23 children aged 1 to 11 years and correlated with estimates of lean body mass derived from measurements of skinfold thickness. The correlation coefficient was 0·98. Skinfold thickness can, therefore, be used to estimate lean body mass, and thus total body fat, in young children for whom other techniques for the measurement of body composition cannot easily be used.
Body Composition Measurement TechniquesNutrition and Health in AgingSkinfold thicknessMedicineLean body massBody waterBody adiposity indexClassification of obesityBody weightFat massComposition (language)Body mass index
MeSH terms
Body CompositionBody FluidsBody HeightBody WeightChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantMaleObesitySkinSkinfold ThicknessWater
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