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2748-9957
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Abstract: Background Over the last 20 years, a decreasing trend in external skeletal robusticity and an increasing trend in overweight and obesity was observed worldwide in adults and children as modern lifestyles in nutritional and activity behavior have changed. However, body mass index (BMI) as a measure for overweight is not an ideal predictor of % body fat (%BF) either in children and adolescents or in adults. On the contrary, it disguises a phenomenon called “hidden obesity”. Objectives We aim to approximate %BF by combining skeletal robusticity and BMI and develop an estimation-based tool to identify normal weight obese children and adolescents. Sample and Methods We analyzed cross-sectional data on height, weight, elbow breadth, and skinfold thickness (triceps and subscapular) of German children aged 6 to 18 years (N=15,034). We used modified Hattori charts and multiple linear regression to develop a tool, the “%BF estimator”, to estimate %BF by using BMI and skeletal robusticity mea.... https://www.human-biology-and-public-health.org/index.php/hbph/article/view/3
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volume:1
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year:2021
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Human biology and public health, Potsdam : Potsdam University Library, University Press, 2021-06-22-, 1 (2021), 2748-9957
Language:
English
URN:
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023081617102082907892
URL:
https://doi.org/10.52905/hbph.v1.3
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https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023081617102082907892
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https://d-nb.info/1299415245/34
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https://www.human-biology-and-public-health.org/index.php/hbph/article/view/3/9
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