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) ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Total body fat was measured by means of densitometry (hydrostatic weighing with simultaneous measurements of the air in the lungs and ...

Objective: To compare body fatness estimated using a skinfold technique and body mass index (BMI) with body fatness estimated using the body water dilution method in healthy Swedish children 9 or 14 ...

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 ...