Anthropometric assessment of muscularity during growth: Estimating fat-free mass with 2 skinfold-thickness measurements is superior to measuring midupper arm muscle area in healthy

Anthropometric assessment of muscularity during growth: Estimating fat-free mass with 2 skinfold-thickness measurements is superior to measuring midupper arm muscle area in healthy

Anthropometric measurements are widely used to determine body composition, especially in children. Boye et al compare 2 of the simplest anthropometry-based equations available for determining nutritional status and muscularity in children and adolescents, examined in relation to other methodological...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of clinical nutrition 2002-09, Vol.76 (3), p.628
Hauptverfasser: Boye, Kai R, Dimitriou, Triantafillia, Manz, Friedrich, Schoenau, Eckhard
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Sprache:eng
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Children & youth
Muscular system
Nutrition
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Zusammenfassung:Anthropometric measurements are widely used to determine body composition, especially in children. Boye et al compare 2 of the simplest anthropometry-based equations available for determining nutritional status and muscularity in children and adolescents, examined in relation to other methodologically independent muscle variables.
ISSN:0002-9165
1938-3207