OBJECTIVES To investigate the validity of an axiom that body mass index (BMI) and percentage body fat (%BF), above an ideal, are health risk factors. METHODS Participants were 2615 volunteers who participated in a health-screening program conducted in college residence halls over a consecutive 8-year period. RESULTS Nearly half of all participants were misclassified when BMI and/or %BF were...

background: it seems that weight gain and body composition changes occur during the first year of college . the aim of this study was the comparison of body composition among freshmen medical sciences students one term after entering rafsanjan university of medical sciences , south east of iran.   materials and methods: all freshmen medicine (n = 73) and nursing- midwifery students (n = 57) of ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the obesity prevalence in Saudi adults according to the international standards of body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage (BF%). METHODS Five hundred and thirty healthy Saudi adults aged 18-72 years (mean 36.91 ± 15.22 years) were enrolled in this study. Their body composition was assessed by bioelectrical impendence analysis with a commercially available body compo...

BACKGROUND Because serum concentrations of leptin, a hormone produced by adipocytes, can be relatively reliably and inexpensively measured, it may be considered complementary to, or even a substitute for, body mass index (BMI) as a measure of adiposity. OBJECTIVE We examined the ability of BMI and leptin concentrations, separately and together, to estimate total percentage fat in older adults...

background: the aim of this study was to assess the predictive capacity of body composition estimated by bioelectrical impedance analysis (bia) to identify abnormal blood pressure in physical education and sport teaching students in the city of ankara. methods: data for this cross-sectional study were obtained in the city of ankara in 2014. a total of 133 students aged 20-35 yr participated in ...