Validity of anthropometric techniques for estimating percentage body fat in obese females before and after sizable weight loss
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19458863 |
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| Authors | Richard L Seip (University of Virginia), David Snead (0000-0002-0766-9650, University of Virginia), Arthur Weltman (0000-0002-0125-3769, University of Virginia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 549-557 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Human Biology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1042-0533 • E-ISSN: 1520-6300 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajhb.1310050506 |
| PMID | 28548381 |
| OpenAlex | W2080050810 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
The validity of selected generalized (n = 7) and obese population‐specific (n = 2) skinfold and girth based anthropometric equations (using hydrostatic weighing as the criterion measure) was evaluated in 19 obese women before and after a mean body weight loss of 19.4 kg (percent body fat was reduced from 45.3% to 35.4%). For the present study, evaluation criteria of mean differences in percent body fat (%BF) of 0.70, and total error (T.E.) values of 0.70 and T.E. values of less than 5% in obese women before weight loss. After 19.4 kg of weight loss, all but three of the equations resulted in mean differences in %BF of less than 3%, r values of > 0.70 and T.E. values of less than 5%. The obese population‐specific equations of Barrows and Snook (1987) and Weltman et al. (1988) were not accurate predictors of body composition after weight loss as they resulted in mean differences of 4.5–7.0 %BF. Although some of the equations examined were valid predictors of %BF either before or after weight loss, only the Jackson et al. (1980) equations which utilized both skinfolds and hip girth, and the Tran and Weltman (1988) equation which utilized trunk girths, resulted in mean differences of r = 0.70, and T.E. scores of
Animal science · Anthropometry · Biology · Body weight · Classification of obesity · Fat mass · Hydrostatic weighing · Obesity · Population · Skinfold thickness · Weight loss · Body Composition Measurement Techniques · Mathematics · Medicine · Occupational Health and Performance · Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Endocrinology · Internal Medicine
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Body fat assessed from total body density and its estimation from skinfold thickness
Densitometric Analysis of Body Composition
Validity of skinfold and girth based regression equations for the prediction of body composition in obese adults
Validity of anthropometric regression equations for predicting changes in body fat of obese females
Relative reliability of circumferences and skinfolds as measures of body fat distribution
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