Use of allometry and skinfold thicknesses to estimate the fat mass of circumpubertal boys

• Main Authors: Pedro Pugliesi Abdalla (Author), Gustavo André Borges (Author), Anderson dos Santos Carvalho (Author), Franciane Goes Borges (Author), Vitor Antonio Assis Alves Siqueira (Author), Nilo César Ramos (Author), Dalmo Roberto Lopes Machado (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In the pubertal period, each part of the body grows at different rates. This makes the relationship between the parts nonlinear. Particularly, the fat mass (FM) of boys tends to decrease, further exacerbating the issue of linearity in growth. Aim: To propose predictive models of FM from...