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Genomes and Genes | skinfold thicknessSummarySummary: The measurement of subcutaneous fat located directly beneath the skin by grasping a fold of skin and subcutaneous fat between the thumb and forefinger and pulling it away from the underlying muscle tissue. The thickness of the double layer of skin and subcutaneous tissue is then read with a caliper. The five most frequently measured sites are the upper arm, below the scapula, above the hip bone, the abdomen, and the thigh. Its application is the determination of relative fatness, of changes in physical conditioning programs, and of the percentage of body fat in desirable body weight. (From McArdle, et al., Exercise Physiology, 2d ed, p496-8) Top Publications
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Inconsistencies in bioelectrical impedance and anthropometric measurements of fat mass in a field study of prepubertal childrenMareike Mast
Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Kiel, Germany
Br J Nutr 87:163-75. 2002..The use of an interchange table of percentage FM derived from different algorithms for different percentile groups of skinfold thicknesses is recommended...- Comparison of body composition and periodontal disease using nutritional assessment techniques: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)Nelson Wood
Department of Periodontics, University of Mississippi School of Dentistry, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216 4505, USA
J Clin Periodontol 30:321-7. 2003.... - Body fat measurement in adolescents: comparison of skinfold thickness equations with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometryG Rodriguez
Department of Pediatrics, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Eur J Clin Nutr 59:1158-66. 2005To compare the most commonly used equations to predict body fatness from skinfold thickness, in male and female adolescents, with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) as a reference method of fatness measurement. - Waist circumference and cardiovascular risk factors in prepubertal childrenC Maffeis
Department of Pediatrics, University of Verona, Polyclinic, Verona, Italy
Obes Res 9:179-87. 2001..Few data on the relationship between body-fat distribution and cardiovascular risk factors are available in children, especially before puberty... - Adiposity, physical activity, and physical fitness among children from Aragón, SpainIgnacio Ara
Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y el Deporte, Departamento de Fisiatría y Enfermería, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1918-24. 2007..The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between physical activity (PA) levels and adiposity. The secondary purpose was to assess the effect of physical fitness and living area on adiposity... 
Motor coordination as predictor of physical activity in childhoodV P Lopes
Department of Sports Science, Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development CIDESD, Bragança, Portugal
Scand J Med Sci Sports 21:663-9. 2011..58 and 2.47 units each year, respectively, for children with low and average levels of initial MC. In conclusion MC is an important predictor of PA in children 6-10 years of age...- The assessment of the amount of fat in the human body from measurements of skinfold thickness. 1967J V G A Durnin
Br J Nutr 89:147-55. 2003 - Relation of circumferences and skinfold thicknesses to lipid and insulin concentrations in children and adolescents: the Bogalusa Heart StudyD S Freedman
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341 3717, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 69:308-17. 1999..Although body fat patterning has been related to adverse health outcomes in adults, its importance in children and adolescents is less certain... - Skinfold thicknesses associated with distance running performance in highly trained runnersAlejandro L Arrese
Facultad en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
J Sports Sci 24:69-76. 2006..81, P = 0.005, respectively). The results of this study indicate that skinfold thicknesses in the lower limb are positively associated with running time over several distances, and may be a useful predictor of athletic performance... - Intra- and inter-judge reliabilities in measuring the skin-fold thicknesses of ultra runners under field conditionsBeat Knechtle
Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland
Percept Mot Skills 111:105-6. 2010..Inter- and intra-judge reliabilities of skinfold measures were investigated in a sample of 27 men and 11 women ultramarathon runners. Two physicians had agreement higher than 90% in field measurements before an ultramarathon race... - Upper arm circumference is associated with race performance in ultra-endurance runnersB Knechtle
Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland
Br J Sports Med 42:295-9; discussion 299. 2008..To investigate the association of anthropometric parameters to race performance in ultra-endurance runners in a multistage ultra-endurance run... - Differences in skinfold thicknesses and fat distribution among top-class runnersA Legaz Arrese
Faculty of Sciences of Physical Activity and Sport, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
J Sports Med Phys Fitness 45:512-7. 2005..The purpose of this research was to determine skinfolds values in male and female top-class runners who competed in different distances in order to identify the association of sex and event with fatness and distribution of subcutaneous fat... 
Changes in performance, skinfold thicknesses, and fat patterning after three years of intense athletic conditioning in high level runnersA Legaz
Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Br J Sports Med 39:851-6. 2005..To determine if the changes in specific skinfold sites induced by intense athletic conditioning over a three year period were associated with changes in running performance in high level athletes...- Prevalence of overweight among Baltimore City schoolchildren and its associations with nutrition and physical activityMegan L Jehn
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:989-93. 2006..To determine the prevalence of overweight and at-risk-for-overweight in schoolchildren from Baltimore City... - Truncal adiposity is present at birth and in early childhood in South Indian childrenG V Krishnaveni
C S I Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mandi Mohalla, Mysore 570 021, India
Indian Pediatr 42:527-38. 2005..Studies in Pune, India showed that this phenotype is present at birth. We aimed to determine if south Indian babies have a 'thin-fat' phenotype and if this persists in childhood... - Energy intake, not energy output, is a determinant of body size in infantsA J Stunkard
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104 2648, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 69:524-30. 1999..It has been proposed that the primary determinants of body weight at 1 y of age are genetic background, as represented by parental obesity, and low total energy expenditure... - Growth of left ventricular mass in African American and European American youthCaroline Dekkers
Georgia Prevention Institute, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta
Hypertension 39:943-51. 2002..Apart from these ethnicity and gender effects, individual differences in cardiac growth can mainly be explained by body growth and increases in general adiposity... - Value of body mass index in the detection of severe malnutrition: influence of the pathology and changes in anthropometric parametersB Campillo
Service de Rééducation Digestive, Hopital Albert Chenevier, 40 rue de Mesly, 94010 Creteil Cedex, France
Clin Nutr 23:551-9. 2004..We have estimated the prevalence of severe malnutrition in groups of patients hospitalized for different medical causes and assessed the sensitivity of BMI in the diagnosis of severe malnutrition... - Objectively measured physical activity correlates with indices of insulin resistance in Danish children. The European Youth Heart Study (EYHS)S Brage
Institute of Sport Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Main Campus, Odense University, Odense, Denmark
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 28:1503-8. 2004..To explore the association between measures of insulin resistance with objectively assessed physical activity... - Anthropometric and body composition indicators of Bahraini adolescentsAneesa M Al-Sendi
College of Health Science, Ministry of Health, Bahrain
Ann Hum Biol 30:367-79. 2003..height, mid upper arm circumference, waist and hip circumference, triceps, subscapular and medial calf skinfold thickness, were performed on the adolescents... - Body fat, fitness and level of everyday physical activity in adolescents and young adults with meningomyeloceleHendrika J G van den Berg-Emons
Rijndam Rehabilitation Center, Netherlands
J Rehabil Med 35:271-5. 2003..The aim of this study was to assess body fat and fitness in this patient group. In addition, we explored whether the level of everyday physical activity is related to body fat and fitness... - Rapid weight gain during infancy and obesity in young adulthood in a cohort of African AmericansNicolas Stettler
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 19104, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 77:1374-8. 2003..Obesity is increasing in the United States. Evidence-based prevention is a public health priority and should target well-defined risk factors and critical periods... - Twin study of genetic and environmental influences on adult body size, shape, and compositionK Schousboe
The Danish Twin Registry, Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 28:39-48. 2004..To investigate the genetic and environmental influences on adult body size, shape, and composition in women and men, and to assess the impact of age... - Assessment and correction of skinfold thickness equations in estimating body fat in children with cerebral palsyMatthew J Gurka
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908 0717, USA
Dev Med Child Neurol 52:e35-41. 2010..To assess the accuracy of skinfold equations in estimating percentage body fat in children with cerebral palsy (CP), compared with assessment of body fat from dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)... - Anthropometry and body composition of south Indian babies at birthS Muthayya
Institute of Population Health and Clinical Research, St John s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore 560 034, India
Public Health Nutr 9:896-903. 2006..To assess the consequences on body composition of increasing birth weight in Indian babies in relation to reported values in Western babies, and to assess the relationship between maternal and neonatal anthropometry and body composition... - Empirically derived new equations for calculating body fat percentage based on skinfold thickness and midarm circumference in preschool Indian childrenSaijuddin Shaikh
Society for Applied Studies, Kolkata, India
Am J Hum Biol 16:278-88. 2004..The new equations for measuring %fat based on midarm circumference and skinfold measurements are rapid and accurate for South Asian children and should be useful for prediction of body composition and nutritional survey in field studies... - Is restrained eating a risk factor for weight gain in a general population?Blandine de Lauzon-Guillain
INSERM U258, IFR69, Villejuif, France
Am J Clin Nutr 83:132-8. 2006..In modern societies characterized by abundant and accessible foods, restrained eating may become an adaptive behavior to limit weight gain... - Effects of a controlled trial of a school-based exercise program on the obesity indexes of preschool childrenL Mo-suwan
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
Am J Clin Nutr 68:1006-11. 1998..6 wk. Weight, height, and triceps skinfold thickness were measured 4 times... - Reference curves for triceps and subscapular skinfold thicknesses in US children and adolescentsO Yaw Addo
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 91:635-42. 2010..Skinfold thicknesses have long been considered important and valid measurements of subcutaneous fat. Nevertheless, there are no current skinfold reference data for US children and adolescents... - Improved prediction of body fat by measuring skinfold thickness, circumferences, and bone breadthsAda L Garcia
German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
Obes Res 13:626-34. 2005..To develop improved predictive regression equations for body fat content derived from common anthropometric measurements... - The relationship between physical fitness and physical activity during adolescence and cardiovascular disease risk factors at adult age. The Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal StudyJ W R Twisk
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Centre VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Sports Med 23:S8-14. 2002..e. inversely to the sum of four skinfolds, waist circumference and to total serum cholesterol). Physical activity during adolescence was not related to a healthy CVD risk profile at the age of 32 years... - Fad diets and obesity--Part I: Measuring weight in a clinical settingMark A Moyad
University of Michigan Medical Center, Department of Urology, Section of Urology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Urol Nurs 24:114-9. 2004..mass index (BMI), crude weight, densitometry, dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), lean body mass (LBM), skinfold thickness, and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)... - Validation of skinfold thickness and hand-held impedance measurements for estimation of body fat percentage among Singaporean Chinese, Malay and Indian subjectsPaul Deurenberg
University Tor Vergata, Rome
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 11:1-7. 2002..In addition, weight, height, skinfold thickness and segmental impedance (from hand to hand) was measured... - Weight gain in pregnancy, triceps skinfold thickness, and blood pressure in offspringP M Clark
Medical Research Council Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Obstet Gynecol 91:103-7. 1998To determine whether women who are poorly nourished in early pregnancy, as determined by triceps skinfold thickness, or who have poor pregnancy weight gain have offspring with higher blood pressure (BP). - Graded associations between cardiorespiratory fitness, fatness, and blood pressure in children and adolescentsL Klasson-Heggebø
Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Oslo, Norway
Br J Sports Med 40:25-9; discussion 25-9. 2006..To measure the graded relation between cardiorespiratory fitness and sum of skinfolds, waist circumference, and blood pressure in children and adolescents participating in the European youth heart study... - Early programming of body composition and fat distribution in adolescentsIdoya Labayen
Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria, Spain
J Nutr 136:147-52. 2006..Current body composition was assessed by both skinfold thickness and dual X-ray absorptiometry in 234 adolescents born at term (140 girls and 94 boys), now aged 13-18 y and .. - Body composition and overweight prevalence in 1704 schoolchildren from 7 American Indian communitiesBenjamin Caballero
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 78:308-12. 2003..Nationwide data on obesity prevalence in American Indian communities are limited... - Anthropometric body fat composition reference values in Spanish adolescents. The AVENA StudyL A Moreno
EU Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
Eur J Clin Nutr 60:191-6. 2006.... - Relation of adiposity and body fat distribution to body mass index in Australians of Aboriginal and European ancestryL S Piers
Menzies School of Health Research, Casuarina, NT, Australia
Eur J Clin Nutr 57:956-63. 2003..To compare the relations of adiposity and body fat distribution to body mass index (BMI) in Australians of Aboriginal and European ancestry... - Nutritional parameters and mortality in incident hemodialysis patientsIsabel Cristina de Araújo
Nutrition Program, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Ren Nutr 16:27-35. 2006..To evaluate the impact of nutritional parameters at the time of initiation of hemodialysis (HD) on mortality... - Sexual dimorphism in fat patterning in a sample of 5 to 7-year-old children in OxfordJ Webster-Gandy
Research Centre for Health Studies, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, Chalfont St Giles HP8 4AD, UK
Int J Food Sci Nutr 54:467-71. 2003..Body mass index, percentage body fat and fat patterning indices were calculated using skinfold thickness measurements... - The utility of anthropometric assessment at institutions and schools for individuals with intellectual disabilities and/or motor disabilities: a nation-wide survey in JapanHiroko Ohwada
Department of Food Sciences, Ibaraki Christian University, Hitachi, Ibaraki 319 1295, Japan
J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 50:344-50. 2004..To obtain information regarding the actual methods used for nutritional assessment at institutions and schools in order to establish a nutritional assessment method for individuals with disabilities... - [Predictive accuracy of body mass index in estimating body fatness measured by bioelectrical impedance]Fernando Carrasco
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Arch Latinoam Nutr 54:280-6. 2004..In this study BMI shows a low reliability as a predictor of individual body fatness, particularly in men and in subjects with a BMI below 30 kg/m2... - [Diagnosis of overweight and obesity in schoolchildren: utilization of the body mass index international standard]Rodolfo Giugliano
, , Taguatinga, DF
J Pediatr (Rio J) 80:129-34. 2004..01). CONCLUSION: Body mass index for age was an adequate indicator of overweight and obesity in group studied, with a good agreement with body fat... - Body build classification for ordinary schoolgirls (aged 7-18 years) and volleyball girls (aged 13-16 years)Helje Kaarma
Centre for Physical Anthropology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Anthropol Anz 63:77-92. 2005.... - Comparison of hand-to-hand bioimpedance and anthropometry equations versus dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for the assessment of body fat percentage in 17-18-year-old conscriptsMart Lintsi
Centre for Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 24:85-90. 2004..81-0.84). All values were significant at P<0.001. We can conclude that the Omron BF 306 body fat monitor and the anthropometric Deurenberg et al. SKF equation yielded results close to the DEXA BF%... - Body mass index and agreement between bioimpedance and anthropometry estimates of body compartments in anorexia nervosaAntonio Piccoli
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua, Policlinico IV piano, Via Giustiniani 2, I 35128 Padua, Italy
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 29:148-56. 2005..Both anthropometry and BIA are used for body composition assessment. We evaluated the agreement between their estimates of FFM and FM in extremely lean subjects with anorexia nervosa... - Relationship between maternal obesity and infant feeding-interactionsRussell Rising
EMTAC Inc, 514 Santander Ave 5, Coral Gables, FL 33134, USA
Nutr J 4:17. 2005.... - Prediction of percentage body fat in rural thai population using simple anthropometric measurementsChatlert Pongchaiyakul
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002 Thailand
Obes Res 13:729-38. 2005..To develop and validate sex-specific equations for predicting percentage body fat (%BF) in rural Thai population, based on BMI and anthropometric measurements... - Estimating body fat from anthropometry and isotopic dilution: a four-country comparisonCara L Eckhardt
Department of Nutrition and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 2524, USA
Obes Res 11:1553-62. 2003..BMI is widely recommended as an indicator of overweight. However, whether BMI adequately estimates BF and has the same meaning in different ethnic groups and youths has been questioned... - Indices of changes in adiposity in American Indian childrenTim Lohman
Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Prev Med 37:S91-6. 2003..Several body composition methods were compared in intervention and control schools for assessing body composition changes... - Changes in body composition between 1997 and 2002 among South Australian children: influences of socio-economic status and location of residenceJames Dollman
School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, City East Campus, Adelaide, South Australia 5032
Aust N Z J Public Health 29:166-70. 2005..To compare rates of change in South Australian children's body composition between 1997 and 2002 in subsamples based on location of residence and socioeconomic status... - Anthropometric features and body composition of young athletes practicing karate at a high and medium competitive levelM Giampietro
Department of Neurosciences, University of Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, I-00133, Rome, Italy
Acta Diabetol 40:S145-8. 2003..measurements were taken (weight, height both standing and sitting, diameters, circumferences and skinfold thickness) from which different anthropometric indices were calculated (body mass index, Scelic and Grant indices, arm .. - Anthropometry and body composition of 18 year old men according to duration of breast feeding: birth cohort study from BrazilCesar G Victora
Post Graduate Programme in Epidemiology, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, CP 464, 96001 970, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
BMJ 327:901. 2003..To assess the association between duration of breast feeding and measures of adiposity in adolescence... - Relationship between body composition and blood pressure in Bahraini adolescentsAneesa M Al-Sendi
College of Health Science, Ministry of Health, Bahrain
Br J Nutr 90:837-44. 2003..These findings together with the known tracking of BP from adolescence into adulthood underline the importance of establishing intervention programmes in order to prevent the development of childhood and adolescent obesity... - Body composition in adolescent girls with type 1 diabetesC-M Ingberg
Department of Internal Medicine, Orebro University Hospital, and Uppsala University, Sweden
Diabet Med 20:1005-11. 2003..Abdominal fat accumulation was associated with poor glycaemic control, increased need for insulin and elevated blood lipids... - Central and total adiposity are lower in overweight and obese children with high cardiorespiratory fitnessG P Nassis
Department of Sport Medicine and Biology of Physical Activity, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Athens, Daphne, Greece
Eur J Clin Nutr 59:137-41. 2005..RESULTS: Sum of skinfolds, subscapular and truncal skinfold thickness, BMI and per cent body fat were lower in overweight and obese youths with high CRF in comparison with youths .. - Prediction of visceral adipose tissue using air displacement plethysmography in childrenRichard J Winsley
Children s Health and Exercise Research Centre, University of Exeter, Devon, UK
Obes Res 13:2048-51. 2005..To determine the ability of air displacement plethysmography (ADP) to predict visceral adipose tissue (VAT) volume in children... - Physical activity at 9-12 months and fatness at 2 years of ageJ C Wells
Childhood Nutrition Research Group, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
Am J Hum Biol 13:384-9. 2001..Thus, by late infancy, physical activity level is related to subsequent skinfold thickness. Particular aspects of infant behavior appear to be more important than the sum of energy expended on .. - Stability of adiposity phenotypes from childhood and adolescence into young adulthood with contribution of parental measuresP T Campbell
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Obes Res 9:394-400. 2001..Overall, parental measures offer less predictive value than do measures of childhood and adolescent body composition and adipose tissue distribution... - Body size, composition, and blood pressure of high-altitude Quechua from the Peruvian Central Andes (Huancavelica, 3,680 m)S Toselli
Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, , Italy
Am J Hum Biol 13:539-47. 2001..The presence of low adiposity in the Quechua population could be associated with stresses of the high-altitude environment. Mean values of blood pressure are very low and there is no correlation with age... - Interrelationship between estimates of adiposity and body fat distribution with metabolic and hemostatic parameters in obese childrenK Sudi
Institute for Sport Sciences, Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria
Metabolism 50:681-7. 2001.... - Body fat distribution, obesity, overweight and stroke incidence in women and men--the NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up StudyR F Gillum
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 25:628-38. 2001OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that an elevated ratio of subscapular to triceps skinfold thickness (SFR), a measure of truncal obesity, is associated with increased incidence of stroke independent of overweight... - Height and adiposity among childrenDavid S Freedman
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop K 26, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341 3717, USA
Obes Res 12:846-53. 2004..3) with height among children. We examined whether the resulting preferential classification of taller children as overweight, based on a BMI > or = 95th percentile, is appropriate... - Simple skinfold-thickness measurements complement conventional anthropometric assessments in predicting glucose toleranceJ L Sievenpiper
Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and the Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre, and the Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Am J Clin Nutr 73:567-73. 2001..and anthropometric measurements, identified the following predictors: waist circumference, peripheral skinfold thickness, and BMI for fasting plasma glucose (partial R(2) = 0.20, 0.13, and 0.13, P < 0... - Anthropometric measures in middle age after exposure to famine during gestation: evidence from the Dutch famineAryeh D Stein
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 85:869-76. 2007..Few studies in humans have related maternal undernutrition to the size of the adult offspring... - Body composition and anthropometry in Japanese and Australian Caucasian males and Japanese femalesMasaharu Kagawa
ATN Centre for Metabolic Fitness, School of Human Movement Studies, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059, Australia
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 16:31-6. 2007..These findings also have implications for the development of chronic disease and further research, including studies in other Asian countries, is recommended... - A new device for measuring resting energy expenditure (REE) in healthy subjectsMarcella Malavolti
Applied Dietetic Technical Sciences, Modena and Reggio Emilia University, Modena, Italy
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 17:338-43. 2007..Accurate and easy-to-use methods for measuring REE are needed, to be applied by clinicians in daily clinical settings to assess the validity of a new instrument to estimate REE in normal weight, healthy adults... - Fetal programming of body dimensions and percentage body fat measured in prepubertal children with a 4-component model of body composition, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, deuterium dilution, densitometry, and skinfold thicknessesMarinos Elia
Institute of Human Nutrition, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
Am J Clin Nutr 86:618-24. 2007..The effects on and consequences of body build (dimensions, mass, and length of body segments) are unclear... - Agreement between skinfold-predicted percent fat and percent fat from whole-body bioelectrical impedance analysis in children and adolescentsDavid A Rowe
Faculty of Health, Sport and Science, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Wales CF37 1DL, UK
Int J Pediatr Obes 1:168-75. 2006.... - [Measurement of body composition in daily practice]L M Gerber
Medizinische Poliklinik, Universitatsspital Zurich
Praxis (Bern 1994) 96:1717-25. 2007..It is obvious that the use of the BIA measurement in daily practice does not help much in the assessment of obesity but more so in the assessment (quantification) of the lean body mass (LBM)... - Comparison of body compositional indices assessed by underwater weighing, bioelectrical impedance and anthropometry in Indonesian adolescent girlsRatih I Isjwara
c o SEAMEO TROPMED Regional Center for Community Nutrition, University of Indonesia, Salemba Raya 6, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 16:641-8. 2007..To investigate the accuracy of bioelectric impedance analysis and anthropometry to assess percentage body fat (BF %) against underwater weighing (UW)... - [Swimming for 12 hours leads to no reduction of adipose subcutaneous tissue--a case study]B Knechtle
Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen
Praxis (Bern 1994) 96:1805-10. 2007..In order to confirm these results obtained in a case study regarding the decrease of skeletal muscle mass with stable fat mass during prolonged swimming exercise, a larger number of athletes would have to be analyzed... - Relationship between fat patterns, physical fitness and blood pressure of rural South African children: Ellisras Longitudinal Growth and Health StudyK D Monyeki
Chronic Disease of Lifestyle Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa
J Hum Hypertens 22:311-9. 2008..Longitudinal studies should verify whether changes in waist girth and skinfolds will indicate changes in cardiovascular risk factors during growth... - Anthropometric characteristics evolution in elite rhythmic gymnastsAlessandra di Cagno
Unit of Sport Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, University Institute of Movement Sciences IUSM, Roma, Italy
Ital J Anat Embryol 113:29-35. 2008..Moreover, higher differences between seniors and juniors of FFM values in 2006 indicated the more intensive training of the second period for seniors... - Evaluation of body composition using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, skinfold thickness and bioelectrical impedance analysis in Japanese female college studentsT Kitano
Department of Public Health, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan
J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 47:122-5. 2001We compared three methods for evaluating body composition: dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), skinfold thickness (Skinfolds), and bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)... - Growth curves of anthropometric indices in a general population of French children and comparison with reference dataB Heude
INSERM Unité 780 IFR69, Faculte de Medecine Paris Sud, Villejuif Cedex, France
Eur J Clin Nutr 60:1430-6. 2006..The description of growth patterns of the different anthropometric measurements mainly used in epidemiological studies is useful to better understand the development of obesity in children and its consequences... - Non-obese hyperlipidemic Asian northern Indian males have adverse anthropometric profileA Misra
Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 12:178-83. 2002..Hyperlipidemia is commonly ascribed to obesity. We studied the association of anthropometric profile and nutrient intake with hyperlipidemia in non-obese Asian Indian males... - Differences in the relationship between BMI and percentage body fat between Japanese and Australian-Caucasian young menMasaharu Kagawa
School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
Br J Nutr 95:1002-7. 2006..Japanese men may therefore require lower BMI cut-off points to identify obese individuals compared with Australian-Caucasian men... - Evaluation of the BOD POD for estimating percent fat in female college athletesJason D Vescovi
Exercise Science Programs, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D C 20052, USA
J Strength Cond Res 16:599-605. 2002..Coaches and trainers evaluating body composition should consider the use of SF before ADP when measuring %BF in female college athletes. Sports scientists should continue to examine the possible gender and body composition bias for ADP... - Evaluation of nutritional status in children with refractory epilepsyS Bertoli
International Centre for the Assessment of Nutritional Status ICANS, University of Milan, Italy
Nutr J 5:14. 2006..The aim of the present study was to evaluate nutritional status, energy metabolism and food intake in children with refractory epilepsy... - Nutritional status and body composition in Chilean preschool children attending day care centersMilagros Marcia Velasquez
Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Food Nutr Bull 23:250-3. 2002..70). At present, validation of anthropometric models to evaluate fat and water content is underway in Chile... - Regional subcutaneous-fat loss induced by caloric restriction in obese womenJack Wang
Body Composition Unit, Obesity Research Center, Department of Medicine, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University, 1111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10025, USA
Obes Res 10:885-90. 2002.... - Skinfold thickness, body fat percentage and body mass index in obese and non-obese Indian boysSatipati Chatterjee
Department of Physiology, University of Calcutta, University College of Science and Technology, Kolkata, India
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 15:231-5. 2006.... - Associations of body size and composition with physical activity in adolescent girlsTimothy G Lohman
Department of Physiology and Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:1175-81. 2006..To examine whether components of body composition (size, fat mass, and fat-free mass) were related to physical activity... - Anthropometric, body composition and somatotype differences of Greek elite female basketball, volleyball and handball playersI A Bayios
Department of Games and Sports, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
J Sports Med Phys Fitness 46:271-80. 2006.... - One hundred years of growth: the evolution of height, mass, and body composition in Australian children, 1899-1999T S Olds
School of Physical Education, Exercise and Sport Studies, University of South Australia, Underdale
Hum Biol 73:727-38. 2001.... - The hormone-sensitive lipase gene and body composition: the HERITAGE Family StudyC Garenc
Division of Kinesiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, Laval University, Ste Foy, Quebec, Canada
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:220-7. 2002.... - Anthropometric and growth assessment of children receiving renal replacement therapy in MalaysiaTilakavati Karupaiah
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, National University of Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Ren Nutr 12:113-21. 2002..CONCLUSION: Patterns of growth and body composition appear distinctly different with the different RRT modalities. Serial anthropometric evaluation appears vital in pre- and post-RRT monitoring in pediatric renal populations... - The effects of birth weight and postnatal linear growth retardation on body mass index, fatness and fat distribution in mid and late childhoodSusan P Walker
Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica
Public Health Nutr 5:391-6. 2002..To determine the effects of birth weight and early childhood stunting on body mass index (BMI), body fat and fat distribution at ages 7 and 11 years, and the change from 7 to 11 years... - The association between adiposity and the response to resistance training among pre- and early-pubertal boysB Falk
Ribstein Center for Sports Medicine Sciences and Research, Wingate Institute, Netanya, Israel
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 15:597-606. 2002..More research is required to elucidate the efficacy of resistance training among overweight children... - Validity of body mass index compared with other body-composition screening indexes for the assessment of body fatness in children and adolescentsZuguo Mei
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 75:978-85. 2002..Validation studies of height- and weight-based indexes of body fatness in children and adolescents have examined only small samples of school-age children... - Familial resemblance of 7-year changes in body mass and adiposityMelanie S Hunt
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Obes Res 10:507-17. 2002..The significant heritabilities observed for change scores suggest that lifestyle, transient environmental factors, and possibly age-related gene effects are important determinants of changes in body mass and adiposity... - Adiposity, adipose tissue distribution and mortality rates in the Canada Fitness Survey follow-up studyP T Katzmarzyk
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:1054-9. 2002..To compare mortality rates across indicators of adiposity and relative adipose tissue distribution in the Canadian population... - Secondary sexual characteristics in children with cerebral palsy and moderate to severe motor impairment: a cross-sectional surveyGordon Worley
Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Pediatrics 110:897-902. 2002.... - Nutritional status among adult patients admitted to an university-affiliated hospital in Spain at the time of genomaM Planas
Nutritional Support Unit, University Hospital Vall d Hebron, Passeig Vall d Hebron 119 129, Barcelona 08035, Spain
Clin Nutr 23:1016-24. 2004..Although malnutrition in hospitalized patients is generally associated with increasing morbidity and mortality, it is yet a widely unknown problem in hospitals... - The effect of protease inhibitor therapy on growth and body composition in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected childrenT L Miller
Divisions, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
Pediatrics 107:E77. 2001..To determine the effect of protease inhibitors (PIs) on growth and body composition in children with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection... - Impaired kidney growth in low-birth-weight children: distinct effects of maturity and weight for gestational ageIda M Schmidt
University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kidney Int 68:731-40. 2005..It is also associated with reduced kidney size and nephron number. A differentiation between the effects of low birth weight versus being born premature or small for gestational age has, however, not been addressed... - Relationships between plasma leptin levels and body composition parameters measured by different methods in postmenopausal womenToivo Jurimae
Chair of Sport Pedagogy, Faculty of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu 50090, Estonia
Am J Hum Biol 15:628-36. 2003..X-ray absorptiometry, DXA) in comparison with field methods (bioelectrical impedance analysis, BIA, or skinfold thickness) for body fat measurement because of the greater precision of DXA measurements... - Evaluation of nutritional status and factors related to malnutrition in children on CAPDMesiha Ekim
Department of Pediatric Nephrology, School of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Perit Dial Int 23:557-62. 2003.... - [Pregnant outcomes and neonatal anthropometry in women with abnormal glucose challenge test and normal oral glucose tolerance test during pregnancy.]Hai Tian Chen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 44:801-4. 2009..To evaluate the influences of abnormal glucose challenge test(GCT) on pregnancy outcomes and neonatal anthropometric data in women with normal oral glucose tolerance test(OGTT)...
Research Grants
- Clinical and experimental studies of obesityMyles Faith; Fiscal Year: 2007..By 4 years of age, high risk children had greater weight, body mass index (BMI), skinfold thickness and lean body mass. By 6 years of age they also had significantly greater levels (25% vs. 19%) (6.7 kg to 4...
- IINFLUENCE OF INSULIN ON BLOOD PRESSURE CHANGE DURING ADAlan Sinaiko; Fiscal Year: 1999..will predict changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure and will be associated with changes in skinfold thickness, body mass index, waist/hip ratio and lipids; 3) changes in insulin resistance will be correlated with ..
- A New QMR-based Technique for Body Composition Analysis in infantsGERSH TAICHER; Fiscal Year: 2007..air-displacement plethysmography, total-body electrical conductivity, total body potassium, and skinfold thickness measurements, have been used sporadically and with limited success...
- Metabolic and Nutritional Effects of ART in ChildrenMeera Chhagan; Fiscal Year: 2007..We will measure attained growth (height and weight), body composition (skinfold thickness and bioimpedance assessment), lipodystrophy (clinical features and skinfold ratio), markers of dyslipidemia ..
- Metabolic and Nutritional Effects of ART in ChildrenMeera Chhagan; Fiscal Year: 2009..We will measure attained growth (height and weight), body composition (skinfold thickness and bioimpedance assessment), lipodystrophy (clinical features and skinfold ratio), markers of dyslipidemia ..
- WHO MULTICENTER GROWTH REFERENCE STUDY: U.S. SITEKathryn Dewey; Fiscal Year: 2002..Anthropometry will include child weight, length, head and arm circumferences, and triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness, and parents' weight and height...
- Ethnic Dance & Screen Time Reduction to Prevent Weight Gain in Latina GirlsThomas Robinson; Fiscal Year: 2007..to controls, girls in the treatment group will significantly reduce their waist circumference, triceps skinfold thickness, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, resting heart rate, television, videotape/DVD and video game use, ..
- Ethnic Dance & Screen Time Reduction to Prevent Weight Gain in Latina GirlsThomas Robinson; Fiscal Year: 2009..to controls, girls in the treatment group will significantly reduce their waist circumference, triceps skinfold thickness, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, resting heart rate, television, videotape/DVD and video game use, ..
- Ethnic Dance & Screen Time Reduction to Prevent Weight Gain in Latina GirlsThomas N Robinson; Fiscal Year: 2010..to controls, girls in the treatment group will significantly reduce their waist circumference, triceps skinfold thickness, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, resting heart rate, television, videotape/DVD and video game use, ..
- Diabetes Prevention Program in American Indian YouthBLAKELY BROWN; Fiscal Year: 2007..of pre- to posttest changes on dietary intake, physical activity, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, skinfold thickness, waist circumference, acanthosis, fasting plasma glucose, LDL-C, HDL-C, TC and triglycerides in 64 American ..
- PRENATAL TOBACCO EFFECTS IN OFFSPRING OF TEENAGE MOTHERSMARIE CORNELIUS; Fiscal Year: 2004..Prenatally exposed children had higher body mass indices and skinfold thickness. Passive exposure to current tobacco smoke was related to poorer receptive language abilities...
- Early Markers that Presage Obesity in 5-HT2cR KO MiceSUSAN AKANA; Fiscal Year: 2004..is defined by BMI, bioimpedance, or anthromorphic measures of waist circumference, waist-hip ratio or skinfold thickness, it is clear that obesity is linked with diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, and ..
- Trends in blood pressure in relation to obesityRebecca Din Dzietham; Fiscal Year: 2005..or partially explained by obesity, as assessed by body-mass-index, the ratio of triceps over subscapular skinfold thickness, and percent body fat. 3...
- INNOVATIVE OBESITY PREVENTION FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN GIRLSThomas Robinson; Fiscal Year: 2006..to controls, girls in the treatment group will significantly reduce their waist circumference, triceps skinfold thickness, resting blood pressures, resting heart rate, fasting insulin, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, ..
- Environmental Strategies & Behavior Change to Reduce Overeating in Obese ChildrenThomas N Robinson; Fiscal Year: 2010..group will significantly reduce their BMI over 6-months and reduce their waist circumference, triceps skinfold thickness, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, resting heart rate, meals eaten with TV, daily dietary energy ..
- Family-Centered Diabetes ProjectCarla Herman; Fiscal Year: 2006..post intervention: improved physical fitness measured by predicted VO2 peak, decreased body fat measured by skinfold thickness, decreased body weight, and decreased insulin resistance using the HOMA model...