Bodyfat - children - skinfold Print E-mail
This procedure estimates bodyfat in children by measuring skinfold at 2 different places.

skinfoldInstructions:
1. Measure skinfold in millimeters as indicated on the pictures and enter values.
2. For further instructions see our guide "How to measure body fat with a skinfold caliper"

 

 

Background

Estimating bodyfat in children by this method is more valid than using BMI or Ponderal index.

References

Skinfold equations for estimation of body fatness in children and youth. Slaughter et al. Hum Biol. 1988 Oct;60(5):709-23.  

Anthropometric assessment of muscularity during growth: estimating fat-free mass with 2 skinfold-thickness measurements is superior to measuring midupper arm muscle area in healthy prepubertal children. Boye et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2002 Sep;76(3):628-32.

 

Secular trends in physical fitness and obesity in Danish 9-year-old girls and boys: Odense School Child Study and Danish substudy of the European Youth Heart Study. Wedderkopp et al. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2004 Jun;14(3):150-5.



Comments (6)add comment

asmitha said:


i want to after find the skin fold measurements apply the formula for children
February 02, 2012

ARJUN.K said:


kindly let me know reference of the calculation of body fat in 2 sites
November 21, 2011

Matt said:


ya but most of the sources are published articles, so you have to have certain subscriptions or access privileges. I get the NSCA publication, but not a lot of the research is geared toward children. Maybe you have some suggestions for better information?
October 02, 2010

Morten Z said:


Matt - to be honest with you - if we just published all the formulas and math behind the calculators, we wouldn't generate much traffic on the site.

We do provide links to references, so it is possible to go to the original sources and extract additional information there.
October 01, 2010

Matt said:


what is the formula for the values? it has a calculator, but what if i dont have net access?
October 01, 2010

Rain said:


Interesting! I know that it is very popular but I've never used it. I've found some more information about it: http://www.videorolls.com/watc...and-Health . It is a pity children obesity is so widespread nowadays.
July 02, 2010

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