Body composition

Models and estimation equations

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8319583
AutoresJosef Brozek (Lehigh University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1966
Volumen24
Número2
Páginas239-246
Fecha de publicación1966-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330240212
PMID5938201
OpenAlexW2125381337
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas12

Several approaches have been developed to a quantitative description of the “inner man.” The present attempt at a synthesis of the basic methodological aspects begins with the anatomist's handiwork and goes on to somatometric models and to procedures based on determinations of body density and body water. The estimation equations used in the densitometric and the hydrometric analysis of body composition are derived afresh from information on an empirically defined “reference body.” The Minnesota model is based on considerations of the composition of the reference body and of the “obesity tissue,” initially defined as body mass gained during a prolonged intake of excess calories. Subsequently, information has been obtained on the composition of weight losses and of the mass differentiating “lean” and “fat” young men of the same height. Due consideration is given to the approaches based on the measurement of whole‐body radioactivity generated by the naturally occurring isotope of potassium (K 40 ), and to the multicomponental system developed by F. D. Moore and his co‐workers in the context of surgical treatment and research. While the very nature of the field is interdisciplinary, the presentation endeavors to be intelligible to students, teachers, and investigators approaching the problem from the point of view of any scientific specialty

Archaeology · Body weight · Composition (language) · Context (archaeology) · Estimation · Geography · Lean body mass · Presentation (obstetrics) · Body Composition Measurement Techniques · Endocrinology · Mathematics · Medicine · Nutrition and Health in Aging · Philosophy · Surgery