Reference data for arm muscle and arm adipose tissue areas in Mexican Americans from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination survey (HHANES 1982–1984): Comparisons with whites and blacks from NHANES II (1976–1980)

Reference percentiles (5th, 10th, 50th, 85th, 90th, and 95th) of black and nonblack children ages 8-17 years from Project HeartBeat! (n = 678) are presented for body mass index (BMI), percent body fat (PBF), fat-free mass (FFM), and fat mass (FM) derived from bioelectrical impedance. Project HeartBeat! is a mixed longitudinal study in which three cohorts of children (seen initially at age 8, 11, or 14 years) were followed for 4 years and measured thrice-yearly from 1991 through 1995. Weight, height, and BMI of Project HeartBeat! children are similar in central tendency and variability to those of nationally representative samples for nonblack children but not black children, for whom there is an excess of children at or above the 95th percentile for weight and BMI. Values of PBF above which cardiovascular risk variables increase (as suggested in the literature) are located at the 85th percentile of the Project HeartBeat! distributions. This percentile of PBF may be tentatively considered as a cutoff point with epidemiological significance for children.

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Percentiles of body composition from bioelectrical impedance and body measurements in U.S. adolescents 8–17 years old: Project HeartBeat!

Mueller

Harrist

Doyle

et al. 2004

American J Hum Biol

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EVALUATION OF METHODOLOGY FOR NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT IN CHILDREN: Anthropometry, Body Composition, and Energy Expenditure

1997

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Nutritional status in children is an indicator of health and well-being at both the individual and the population level. Screening for malnutrition should be an integral part of pediatric care universally. Nutritional intervention requires repeated measurement of nutritional status to assess severity and to track progress over time. Methodological issues in the assessment of nutritional status are reviewed with emphasis on anthropometric measurement, body composition, and energy expenditure of children at risk for malnutrition. Use of reference data, measurement error, maturational effects, and hereditary factors are among the issues reviewed and serve as guidelines in the interpretation of measurement of nutritional status.

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Reference data for arm muscle and arm adipose tissue areas in Mexican Americans from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination survey (HHANES 1982–1984): Comparisons with whites and blacks from NHANES II (1976–1980)

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Percentiles of body composition from bioelectrical impedance and body measurements in U.S. adolescents 8–17 years old: Project HeartBeat!

Percentiles of body composition from bioelectrical impedance and body measurements in U.S. adolescents 8–17 years old: Project HeartBeat!

EVALUATION OF METHODOLOGY FOR NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT IN CHILDREN: Anthropometry, Body Composition, and Energy Expenditure

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