Prediction of body-fat percentage from skinfold and bio-impedance measurements in Indian school children

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1263-1270

  Kehoe, S H ^a   Krishnaveni, G V ^b   Lubree, H G ^c   Wills, A K ^a   Guntupalli, A M ^a   Veena, S R ^b   Bhat, D S ^c   Kishore, R ^d   Fall, C H D ^a   Yajnik, C S ^c   Kurpad, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Holdsworth Memorial Hospital   (India)

^c KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^d ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

bio impedance; body composition; children; India; skinfold

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; INDIAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MATHEMATICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THINNESS;

EID: 82955212824     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.119     Document Type: Article

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