Body mass index and skinfolds as indicators of obesity in schoolchildren aged 8 to 10 years

• Main Authors: Renata Selvatici Borges Januário (Author), Matheus Amarante do Nascimento (Author), Lilian Keila Barazetti (Author), Felipe Fossati Reichert (Author), João Paulo Buraneli Mantoan (Author), Arli Ramos de Oliveira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2008-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1980-0037.2008v10n3p266 The aim of this study was to compare the concordance of two obesity indicators, BMI and % body fat in boys and girls. Therefore, 100 girls and 100 boys, with ages ranging from 8 to 10 years, were submitted to anthropometric measurements for subsequen...