Caucasian children's fat mass: Routine anthropometry v. air-displacement plethysmography

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1528-1537

  Michels, Nathalie ^a   Huybrechts, Inge ^a   Bammann, Karin ^b,c   Lissner, Lauren ^d   Moreno, Luis ^e   Peeters, Maarten ^f,g   Sioen, Isabelle ^a,g   Vanaelst, Barbara ^a,g   Vyncke, Krishna ^a,g   De Henauw, Stefaan ^a,h  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^f Department of Biomedical Kinesiology   (Belgium)

^g RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air displacement plethysmography; Anthropometry; Bioelectrical impedance; Children; Skinfold thickness

Indexed keywords

AGE; AIR DISPLACEMENT PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTRONIC SCALE; FAT MASS; FEMALE; GENERAL DEVICE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPECTROMETRY; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VALIDITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 84876263911     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512003303     Document Type: Article

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