Differential Associations of Walking and Cycling with Body Weight, Body Fat and Fat Distribution - the ACTI-Cités Project

Body fat, body fat distribution and the respiratory system: a "fat neck" syndrome?

Birth weight and body fat distribution in adolescent girls.

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between birth weight and body fat distribution in a group of adolescent girls. DESIGN A total of 216 white girls who were born in Southampton had their heights, weights, waist and hip circumferences, and skinfold thicknesses measured when they were aged between 14 and 16 years. RESULTS The girls who were smallest at birth, but who were fattest at time of...

evaluation of fat atrophy in patients with dermis fat graft of orbit by ct-scan

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Does body adiposity index evaluate percentage of body fat?

Introduction: The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the novel marker, body adiposity index (BAI), is accurate to measure percentage of body fat (PBF). Materials and methods: Seventy-eight males were undergone anthropometric examination. PBF was calculated by BAI and measured using InBody 3.0.   Results: Significant correlation was found between BAI and PBF (r = 0.751; P < ...

Sex differences in measures of body fat and body fat distribution in the elderly.

This study describes sex differences in obesity and body fat distribution using commonly used assessment methods in 140 men and 245 women age 65-96 years from Rancho Bernardo, California. Significant correlations were shown among all obesity measures. The waist/hip ratio was more strongly correlated with the truncal fat/leg fat ratio in women than in men. The waist/hip ratio correlated signific...