Estimation of percentage body fat in 6- to 13-year-old children by skinfold thickness, body mass index and waist circumference

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1565-1572

  Kriemler, Susi ^a   Puder, Jardena ^b   Zahner, Lukas ^a   Roth, Ralf ^a   Meyer, Ursina ^a   Bedogni, Giorgio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Liver Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body mass index; Children; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Regression analysis; Skinfold thickness; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BOOTSTRAPPING; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWITZERLAND; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWITZERLAND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 78650025444     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510002357     Document Type: Article

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