Healthy percentage body fat ranges: an approach for developing guidelines based on body mass index [PDF]
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2000 BACKGROUND Although international interest in classifying subject health status according to adiposity is increasing, no accepted published ranges of percentage body fat currently exist. Empirically identified limits, population percentiles, and z scores
Dympna Gallagher +5 more
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Associations of blood pressure with body composition among Afro-Caribbean children in Barbados [PDF]
, 2015 Despite complex presentation of adult hypertension and a concomitant obesity epidemic, little is known about overweight in relation to blood pressure among Caribbean children. We examined blood pressure in relation to body size in a cross-sectional study
Chami, Peter +6 more
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Tracking of Obesity in Childhood into Adulthood: Effects on Body Mass Index and Fat Mass Index at Age 50. [PDF]
Child Obes, 2020 Background: Obesity is present in 17% of US youth, age 2-19 years, but the extent to which obesity in childhood is associated with higher BMI and fat mass in middle age is unclear.
Rundle AG +8 more
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Fat Mass Index (FMI) as a Trustworthy Overweight and Obesity Marker in Mexican Pediatric Population. [PDF]
Children (Basel), 2020 Predictive formulas to estimate body composition in children have been explored for some time, to this date, the most accurate obesity diagnostic tool is to determine fat mass.
Alpízar M +5 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 BackgroundIdentifying at-risk children with optimal specificity and sensitivity to allow for the appropriate intervention strategies to be implemented is crucial to improving the health and well-being of children. We determined relationships of body mass
Jody L. Clasey +9 more
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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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Comparison of fat-free mass index and fat mass index in Chinese adults [PDF]
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2012 To compare the characteristics of body composition for different gender and age in a large number of apparently healthy Chinese subjects, and to determine reference values for fat-free mass index (FFMI) and fat mass index (FMI).In total, 61,382 Chinese adults (age range: 18-92 years) were consecutively enrolled into the study.
Yansong Zheng +6 more
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An Increase in Fat Mass Index Predicts a Deterioration of Running Speed. [PDF]
Nutrients, 2019 A low fat mass is associated with a good running performance. This study explores whether modifications in body composition predicted changes in running speed.
Genton L +7 more
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Depression With Atypical Features and Increase in Obesity, Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, and Fat Mass [PDF]
JAMA psychiatry, 2014 IMPORTANCE Depression and obesity are 2 prevalent disorders that have been repeatedly shown to be associated. However, the mechanisms and temporal sequence underlying this association are poorly understood.
Aurélie M. Lasserre +8 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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