Height, weight and skinfold thickness of Michigan adults.

Factors associated with weight for height and skinfold thickness in British children.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To examine the associations of social and biological factors with measures of obesity in children. DESIGN The study had a cross sectional design. SETTING The analyses were based on data from two national study of health and growth cross sectional surveys. The "representative sample" comprised 1990 data from 22 English areas and 1990-91 data from 14 Scottish areas; the "inner...

Heart size of adults in a natural population--Tecumseh, Michigan. Variation by sex, age, height, and weight.

Suprailiac or abdominal skinfold thickness measured with a skinfold caliper as a predictor of body density in Japanese adults.

Measurement of subcutaneous fat thickness with a skinfold caliper is a simple and inexpensive technique for assessment of body composition, but is influenced by the skin site or the obesity level. The resulting measurement errors may influence the prediction accuracy of body density. We therefore aimed to clarify the characteristics of measurement errors with a skinfold caliper and to determine...

Accuracy of a digital skinfold system for measuring skinfold thickness and estimating body fat.

The use of skinfold thickness measurements to evaluate the distribution of subcutaneous adipose tissue and to predict body fat has recognised advantages. However, the different types of skinfold calliper available present limitations that make them unattractive and perhaps less used in daily practice. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the accuracy and functionality of a new digit...

Weight and Height in Tehran Nurseries

Summary In order to examine the Summary .growth status or children in Tehran nurseries in comparison to the international standards, height and Weight in 526 boys and 557 girls 3 to 7 year old in 7 nurseries located in the well­to-do areas of the capital were surveyed and compared to the National Center for Health Statistics figures. 54.5% or the children were between -1 SD to + 1 SD weight fo...