Estimation of percentage of body fat in field studies – a method based on relative elbow breadth (Frame Index) and BMI
Background Over the last 20 years, a decreasing trend in external skeletal robusticity and an increasing trend in overweight and obesity was observed worldwide in adults and children as modern lifestyles in nutritional and activity behavior have changed. However, body mass index (BMI) as a measu...
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Language: | English |
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Universitätsverlag Potsdam
2021-06-01
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Series: | Human Biology and Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://www.human-biology-and-public-health.org/index.php/hbph/article/view/3 |