OBJECTIVE To verify the influence of programmed physical activity on body composition among adolescent students during 1 school year. METHODS The sample included 383 students (age range: 10 to 15 years) separated into two groups: 186 cases (96 male and 90 female) and 197 controls (108 male and 89 female). This was an intervention study with pre- and post-test assessments in which intervention...

OBJECTIVE To compare two methods of classifying obesity based on body mass index and body fat percentage. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2012 to August 2013 at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi. Male and female volunteers between the ages 15-65 years were selected using simple random sampling. They were classified into different groups for body mass in...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have revealed that body mass index (BMI) inversely influenced serum glycated albumin (GA), which may cause an underestimation of GA-monitored short-term hyperglycemic control. OBJECTIVE This study was to investigate the association between anthropometric variables (BMI and waist circumference (W)) and accurate adiposity variables (percentage of body fat (%fat), fat m...

BACKGROUND Maternal polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) concentrations during pregnancy may have persistent effects on growth and adiposity in the offspring. A suboptimal maternal diet during pregnancy might lead to fetal cardiometabolic adaptations with persistent consequences in the offspring. OBJECTIVE We examined the associations of maternal PUFA concentrations during pregnancy with childho...

This study observed the effect of a dietary re-education plus regular physical activity on body composition, risk factors and physical test performance of sedentary overweight/obese women and to correlate these variables one with each other. Fifty women (36 +/- 10 yrs; 31 +/- 6 body mass index (BMI, kg/m2)) volunteered for the study. Body compositions were obtained by anthropometry and bioimped...

We conducted a systematic review investigating body fat distribution in older adults and its association with morbidity and mortality. Our search yielded 2702 citations. Following three levels of screening, 25 studies were selected to evaluate the association between body fat distribution and comorbidity, and 17 studies were used in the mortality analysis. Most of the selected studies in our an...

The aim of the study was to compare the results of body fat percentage obtained from 20 young non-obese adults with the use of various selected methods: instrumental – Under Water Weigh-in (UWW) and anthropometric – Four Skinfold Measurements, Girth Measurements and BMI related formula, and to assess their correlation with UWW as a reference. 20 subjects were selected from different colleges of...

BACKGROUND The built environment might be associated with development of obesity and related disorders. We examined whether neighbourhood exposure to fast-food outlets and physical activity facilities were associated with adiposity in UK adults. METHODS We used cross-sectional observational data from UK Biobank. Participants were aged 40-70 years and attended 21 assessment centres between 200...

OBJECTIVE Determining the correlation between equations for estimating body fat percentage (BFP) based on Slaughter's anthropometric equation, which deals with skinfold measurement, and Deurenberg's equations for predicting total percentage body fat (%BF) which use body mass index (BMI) results. METHODS This study used data concerning 1,341 children and adolescents aged seven to 15 years-old ...

BACKGROUND The body mass index (BMI) is based on the original concept that body weight increases as a function of height squared. As an indicator of obesity the modern BMI assumption postulates that adiposity also increases as a function of height in states of positive energy balance. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the BMI concept across different adiposity magnitudes, in both children and adults. M...