scholarly journals Assessment of total body fat in infancy from skinfold thickness measurements.

1978 ◽  
Vol 53 (7) ◽  
pp. 606-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Richards ◽  
S W De Souza
Keyword(s):  
Body Fat ◽  
Skinfold Thickness ◽  
Total Body Fat ◽  
Total Body ◽  
Thickness Measurements

scholarly journals Assessment of total body fat in infancy from skinfold thickness measurements.

1977 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
M J Dauncey ◽  
G Gandy ◽  
D Gairdner
Keyword(s):  
Body Fat ◽  
Skinfold Thickness ◽  
Total Body Fat ◽  
Total Body ◽  
Thickness Measurements

Correlations Between High Level Sport-Climbing and the Development of Adolescents

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Schöffl ◽  
Volker Schöffl ◽  
J. Dötsch ◽  
H.G. Dörr ◽  
J. Jüngert
Keyword(s):  
Short Stature ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Skinfold Thickness ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
National Team ◽  
Sport Climbing ◽  
Total Body Fat ◽  
Total Body ◽  
High Level

Over the last years concerns have been raised about the health effects particulary on young climbers due to the observation of short stature with low body weight and body fat in sports climbers. The aim of this study was to investigate anthropometric and hormonal data for climbers of the German Junior national team. 16 climbers were compared with 14—age matched nonclimbers with respect to several anthropometric variables, leptin level, and climbing characteristics. Height, weight and body mass index (BMI) standard deviation scores (SDS) for boys were not significantly different from the controls, whereas girls had significantly lower SDS-values for weight and BMI. In comparison with the control group boys and girls had a lower skinfold thickness. The leptin values were lower than the calculated leptin levels but only reached significance for the girls. The young athletes of the GJNT were neither of short stature nor thin when compared with a physically active control group. The low body fat in boys and girls was within expected limits. The lower leptin levels might be attributed to a decrease in total body fat.

scholarly journals Mid-upper arm circumference in pregnant women and birth weight in newborns as substitute for skinfold thickness: findings from the MAASTHI cohort study, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giridhara R. Babu ◽  
Aritra Das ◽  
Eunice Lobo ◽  
Deepa R ◽  
Daisy A. John ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Skinfold Thickness ◽  
Upper Arm ◽  
Arm Circumference ◽  
Total Body Fat ◽  
Total Body ◽  
Mid Upper Arm Circumference

Abstract Background Estimating total body fat in public hospitals using gold-standard measurements such as air displacement plethysmography (ADP), deuterium oxide dilution, or dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is unaffordable, and it is challenging to use skinfold thickness. We aimed to identify the appropriate substitute marker for skinfold thickness to estimate total body fat in pregnant women and infants. Methods The study is part of a prospective cohort study titled MAASTHI in Bengaluru, from 2016 to 19. Anthropometric measurements such as body weight, head circumference, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), and skinfold thickness were measured in pregnant women between 14 and 36 weeks of gestational age; while measurements such as birth weight, head, chest, waist, hip, mid-upper arm circumference, and skinfold thickness were recorded for newborns. We calculated Kappa statistics to assess agreement between these anthropometric markers with skinfold thickness. Results We found the highest amount of agreement between total skinfold thickness and MUAC (Kappa statistic, 0.42; 95 % CI 0.38–0.46) in pregnant women. For newborns, the highest agreement with total skinfold thickness was with birth weight (0.57; 95 % CI 0.52–0.60). Our results indicate that MUAC higher than 29.2 cm can serve as a suitable alternative to total skinfolds-based assessments for obesity screening in pregnancy in public facilities. Similarly, a birth weight cut-off of 3.45 kg can be considered for classifying obesity among newborns. Conclusion Mid-upper arm circumference and birth weight can be used as markers of skinfold thickness, reflecting total body fat in pregnant women and the infant, respectively. These two anthropometric measurements could substitute for skinfold thickness in low- and middle-income urban India settings.

Total body fat content and fat topography are associated differently with in vivo glucose metabolism in nonobese and obese nondiabetic women

Diabetes ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 1151-1159 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Bonora ◽  
S. Del Prato ◽  
R. C. Bonadonna ◽  
G. Gulli ◽  
A. Solini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Glucose Metabolism ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Fat Content ◽  
Body Fat Content ◽  
Total Body Fat ◽  
Total Body
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