Estimation of body fat in children with intellectual disability: development and cross-validation of a simple anthropometric method

Estimation of body fat in children with intellectual disability: development and cross-validation of a simple anthropometric method

Objective: Population-level monitoring of body composition requires accurate, biologically-relevant, yet feasible methods for estimating percent body fat (%BF). The aim of this study was to develop and cross-validate an equation for %BF from Body Mass Index (BMI), age, and sex among children with in...

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Main Authors: Fabio Bertapelli, Stamatis Agiovlasitis, Robert W. Motl, Marcos M. de Barros-Filho, Gil Guerra-Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Subjects:
Body mass index
Percent body fat
Obesity
Body composition
Dual-energy X-Ray Absorptiometry
Childhood
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755722000250

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