Assessing Adiposity

AHA Scientific Statement Assessing Adiposity

Marc-Andre Cornier, MD, Chair; Jean-Pierre Després, PhD, FAHA; Nichola Davis, MD, MS; Daurice A. Grossniklaus, RN, MEd, PhD; Samuel Klein, MD, FAHA; Benoit Lamarche, PhD, FAHA; Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD, MSc; Goutham Rao, MD; Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD; Amytis Towfighi, MD; Paul Poirier, MD, PhD, FAHA; on behalf of the American Heart Association Obesity Committee of the Council on Nutrition, P...

Assessing adiposity: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

Marc-Andre Cornier, MD, Chair; Jean-Pierre Després, PhD, FAHA; Nichola Davis, MD, MS; Daurice A. Grossniklaus, RN, MEd, PhD; Samuel Klein, MD, FAHA; Benoit Lamarche, PhD, FAHA; Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD, MSc; Goutham Rao, MD; Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD; Amytis Towfighi, MD; Paul Poirier, MD, PhD, FAHA; on behalf of the American Heart Association Obesity Committee of the Council on Nutrition, P...

Resource Guide for Predictive Factors and Methods of Assessing Physical Activity and Adiposity in Children

Assessing early growth and adiposity: report from an EarlyNutrition Academy workshop.

This report provides a summary of a workshop organised by the European Commission-funded EarlyNutrition Project and the EarlyNutrition Academy. Accurate and reliable methods to assess body composition are needed in research on prenatal and early post-natal influences of nutrition on later health because common surrogate measures of maternal and offspring adiposity (body fat content), such as bo...

Application of weight-height relations for assessing adiposity in a United Kingdom offshore workforce.

Weight (W), height (H), and skinfold thicknesses at biceps, triceps, subscapular, and suprailiac sites were measured in a United Kingdom offshore workforce. Weight and height were used to calculate W/H relations. The percentage body fat was estimated from skinfold thicknesses and the correlations of adiposity with the various W/H relations were evaluated. The significant increase in percentage ...