OBJECTIVE To assess the influence of low birth weight in full-term infants on body composition at school age. METHOD This is a cross-sectional study nested in a cohort of 375 infants recruited at birth between 1993 and 1994 in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. At 8 years of age, the body composition of 213 children from this cohort was assessed by measurement of triceps and subscapular skinfol...

BACKGROUND Whether alterations in the sympathoadrenal system contribute to obesity or, rather, are consequences of it, is an unresolved issue. OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that the sympathoadrenal system plays a predictive role in the development of body fat. DESIGN At entry, arterial plasma epinephrine and norepinephrine concentrations were measured in 99 healthy men (x +/- SD age: 19.3 +/- 0...

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a weight-to-height ratio used as a quick and easy guide to obesity classification. BMI of 30 or greater is indicative of excess body fat and has been labelled as increasing the risk of degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Body fat percentage is also assessed through skinfold thickness measurement.. The aim of this study was to estimate the ...

Triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness were measured in 1080 consecutive newborns and the values were compared with an earlier study reported in 1981 from the same institution. The skinfold thickness in the present study was higher at all gestational age groups (except for 41 weeks) in both sexes. These differences were statistically significant at all periods except for males at 38 weeks a...

OBJECTIVE This work is to build upon the concept of matching a person's weight, height and age to their overall body shape to create an adjustable three-dimensional model. A versatile and accurate predictor of body size and shape and ligament thickness is required to improve simulation for medical procedures. A model which is adjustable for any size, shape, body mass, age or height would provid...

1. Height, weight, skinfold thicknesses and mid-arm circumference were measured in 540 males and 117 females aged 20-24 years who took part in the 1st African University Games, held at the University of Ghana, Legon. Body fat content, Quetelet's index (weight divided by height X 100; Khosla & Lowe (1967)) and mid-arm muscle circumference were derived from the measurements taken. 2. The physique...

The present study was performed to develop regression based prediction equations for fat mass from skinfold thickness in Japanese children, and to investigate the cross-sectional and longitudinal validity of these equations. A total of 127 healthy Japanese prepubertal children aged 6-12 years were randomly separated into two groups: the model development group (54 boys and 44 girls) and the cro...

Forty-two trained and untrained young Chinese subjects of both sexes were employed for this study. Maximal oxygen uptake and anaerobic threshold were measured with the Beckman Metabolic Measurement Cart (MMC) during incremental work test. Skinfold thickness was measured using a skinfold caliper. Body density was calculated with skinfold thickness according to the formula of Suzuki et al (1975)....

The influence of age, sex, body mass index (BM!) and skin fold thickness at triceps and subscapular regions on blood pressure was investigated among Manzai Mali, an agricultural tribe from Andhra Pradesh. Relatively higher levels of blood pressure are observed in this . transitional tribe compared to the neighbouring traditional tribes which may be attributed to the acculturization process. Man...

OBJECTIVE To describe the feasibility, reliability and additional information gained from collecting additional body fatness measures (beyond height and weight) from UK reception year children. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Bradford, UK. PARTICIPANTS 2458 reception year children participating in the Born in Bradford (BiB) cohort study. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The feasibility an...