Development of fat distribution patterns in children and its association with the type of body shape assessed by the Metric-Index

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ID7637836
AuthorsChristiane Scheffler (0000-0003-1954-7578, University of Potsdam), Janina Obermüller
Year2012
Volume69
Issue1
Pages45-55
Publication date2012-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropologischer Anzeiger (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-5548 • E-ISSN: 2363-7099
PublisherSchweizerbart (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1127/0003-5548/2011/0138
PMID22338793
OpenAlexW2324508268
LanguageEN
Citations received3

The present cross-sectional anthropometric study evaluates new approaches in preventing overweight in children. Anthropometric data were obtained in 289 German children (146 boys, 143 girls) aged 6-11 years and 41 20-29 year old German female students for describing the type of body shape by Metric-Index (thoracic breadth, thoracic depth, height). The data were correlated with 15 fat layers measured with a lipometer with Principal Component Analyses and ANOVA. In females the android respectively gynoid type of body shape was significantly associated with the pyknomorphic respectively leptomorphic type. The study demonstrates that this pattern is established by an age of 8 years, when the earliest maturing children start to enter puberty. This pattern can be used to check the individual's risk of overweight and to recommend preventive healthcare interventions.

Anthropometry · Body mass index · Body shape · Metric (unit) · Obesity · Overweight · Pathology · Body Composition Measurement Techniques · Demography · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Gerontology · Pediatrics

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