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Trends in BMI Percentile and Body Fat Percentage in Children 12 to 17 Years of Age
Children, 2022 This study evaluates the cross-sectional trends in body fat percentage (BF%) and body mass index (BMI) percentile rank, and the relationship between the two in 332 (177 boys, 155 girls) 12- to 17-year-old children.
Pat R. Vehrs +3 more
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023 Background Uncertainty persists about carotid intima–media thickness (CIMT) as a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis and the independent relevance of different measures of adiposity for CIMT.
Preyanka Pillay +4 more
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Reference values of fat mass index and fat-free mass index in healthy Spanish adolescents. [PDF]
Nutrición Hospitalaria, 2019 Abstract Background . Body mass index (BMI) does not allow to discriminate the composition of the different body compartments. The aim of this study is to elaborate reference values of the fat mass index (FMI) and fat-free mass index (FFMI) in healthy adolescents using anthropometric techniques in order to be available as reference standards ...
Teodoro Durá-Travé +5 more
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Bone mineral density and body composition in adolescents with failure to thrive [PDF]
Einstein (São Paulo), 2010 Objective: To evaluate bone mineral mass in adolescents with failure to thrive in relation to body composition. Methods: A case-control study involving 126 adolescents (15 to 19 years), in final puberty maturation being 76 eutrophic and 50 with failure ...
Thiago Sacchetto de Andrade +4 more
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Sports, 2021 Tracking changes in body composition may provide key information about the effectiveness of training programs for athletes. This study reports on the agreement between bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) for ...
Jake R. Boykin +8 more
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Body composition in preschool children with short stature: a case-control study
BMC Pediatrics, 2022 Background Short stature is defined as height below 2 standard deviations of the population with the same age, gender. This study is aimed to assess the characteristics of body composition in preschool children with short stature.
Yi-ting Ji +3 more
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Nutrition & Diabetes, 2021 The aim of this study was to examine associations of body composition (fat mass index, % fat mass, fat-free mass index, body mass index) and physical fitness (cardiorespiratory fitness and handgrip strength) with gestational diabetes and cardiovascular ...
Pontus Henriksson +7 more
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Body Mass Index in determination of the relationship between body constitution and motor abilities [PDF]
Fizička Kultura, 2022 The aim of this paper is to review and summarize the theoretical and empirical facts of using the (BMI), (body mass index) in determining the relationship between body constitution and motor skills. Several key circumstances have been identified in which
Pajić Zoran +3 more
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Trajectories of Fat Mass Index, Fat Free–Mass Index, and Waist Circumference in Children [PDF]
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2009 Body composition and fat distribution change dramatically during adolescence. Data based on longitudinal studies to describe these changes are limited. The aim of this study was to describe age-related changes in fat free-mass index (FFMI) and fat mass index (FMI), which are components of BMI, and waist circumference (WC) in participants of Project ...
Mona A. Eissa +5 more
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Fat-free mass index: changes and race/ethnic differences in adulthood [PDF]
International Journal of Obesity, 2010 Nutritional status is assessed by measuring BMI or percent body fat (%fat). BMI can misclassify persons who carry more weight as fat-free mass and %fat can be misleading in cases of malnutrition or in disease states characterized by wasting of lean tissue.
S. B. Heymsfield +15 more
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