OBJECTIVE: This study compares skinfold caliper and sonographic measurements of the amount and distribution of subcutaneous adipose tissue teenagers gain during pregnancy to test three hypotheses: (1) ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A long-term study has found that skinfold thickness during adolescence is a better predictor of being overweight as an adult than adolescent body mass index (BMI) -- the ...

The paper is based on examining the thickness of 10 skinfolds in 10.661 Czech and Slovak children of both sexes, within the age bracket of 1½—15 years. The authors, provided that the thickness of the ...

Objectives: To determine if the changes in specific skinfold sites induced by intense athletic conditioning over a three year period were associated with changes in running performance in high level ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Body density has been determined by means of underwater weighing, and skinfold thicknesses have been measured at 9 sites on a main group of 55 ...