The aims of the study were to (1) examine associations between environmental factors and
percent body fat (PBF), and (2) determine if air-displacement plethysmography (ADP) and …

Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of percentage body fat (% fat) estimates from air
displacement plethysmography (ADP) against an increasingly recognised criterion method …

Childhood overweight and obesity, a worldwide problem, is generally identified using BMI
(body mass index). However, this application of BMI has been little investigated in children …

Abstract Juliette Levet-Bourtayre 1, Lauren C. Bates 1, Nicholas Castro 2, Gabriel Zieff 1,
Patricia Pagan Lassalle 1, Lee Stoner, FACSM 1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel …

ABSTRACT Learning Outcome: Identify dietary factors and physical activity levels
associated with percent body fat (% BF) in young children. Childhood obesity continues to …

Background: Childhood obesity is currently one of the major concerns in pediatric field. In
recent literature, correlation of obesity with some behavioral factors such as physical activity …

Objective: Dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry (DXA) is often cited as a criterion method for
body composition measurements. We have previously shown that a new DXA software …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our study was to assess the relationship between nutrient
intake, partitioning of food intake, parents' overweight and adiposity in a group of children …

Results:% BF differed with age, sex, pubertal stage and social class. SF% BF correlated
strongly with DXA% BF (r= 0.86). BMI and WC also correlated positively with DXA% BF (Z …

Background: Several cross-sectional studies have concluded, based on weak inverse
associations, that less activity leads to more body fat. However, such study designs cannot …