Obesity is defined as an abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health.
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) has been suggested as the gold standard to …

Body composition assessment provides a sharper picture of the human biological response
to genetic and environmental influences than measures of body size and weight. Infant body …

BACKGROUND: To date, several studies have been published outlining reference
percentiles for BMI in children and adolescents. In contrast, there are limited reference data …

Accurate measurement of body composition is required to improve health outcomes in
children and adolescents with overweight or obesity. This systematic review aimed to …

El estudio de la composición corporal es un tema de interés creciente que puede ser
utilizado tanto para la investigación como para fines clínicos. Para los profesionales de las …

Pediatric applications of body composition analysis (BCA) have become of increased
interest to pediatricians and other specialists. With the increasing prevalence of morbid …

Background Fat-free mass index (FFMI) and fat mass index (FMI) are superior to BMI and fat
percentage in evaluating nutritional status. However, existing references fail to account for …

Purpose: The American Physical Therapy Association Section on Pediatrics developed a
task force to summarize fitness guidelines for children and adolescents. The purposes of this …

To increase knowledge about reliability and intermethods agreement for body fat (BF) is of
interest for assessment, interpretation, and comparison purposes. It was aimed to examine …

Aim To assess the accuracy of skinfold equations in estimating percentage body fat in
children with cerebral palsy (CP), compared with assessment of body fat from dual energy X …