“…The BMI is an assessment of BW relative to HT (kgIm j2 ) and has been used as an indirect indicator of body fatness in children and adolescents (3,10,23,24,27,28). The current sample of young wrestlers had significantly lower mean BMI (AG8 and AG12) and waist circumference (AG8, AG9, AG10, and AG12) values, as well as subscapular (AG8, AG9, AG10, AG11, and AG12) and triceps (AG8, AG9, AG10, AG11, AG12, and AG13) skinfold values compared with those of the national sample (16).…”