| Articles : Assessment of Obesity by Physical Indices and Indirect Percent of Body Fat on Middle School Students |
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This study was accomplished to investigate the prevalence of obesity in 371 Kumi-city middle school students. The means of this study were anthropometric measurement. Anthropometric measurements were height, weight, arm circumference and skinfold thickness (biceps, triceps, subscapular, supraliac, calf). The results obtained are as follows: the average height, weight and arm circumference of boys were respectively 160.0±8.5㎝, 49.4±9.8㎏, 23.1±2.7㎝ and those of girls were respectively 155.9±5.5㎝, 48.9±8.2㎏, 22.6±5.2㎝. Prevalence of obesity was respectively 5%, 4%, 7%, 4%, 59%, 15%, 14%, 24% for boys and 6%, 10%, 13%, 9%, 30%, 7%, 1%, 34% for girls by RBW, BMI, RI, OI %Fat Ⅰ, %Fat Ⅱ, %Fat Ⅲ, triceps. The result indicated that the evaluation of middle school student`s obesity was infuluenced by the method applied; that is % Fat Ⅰ and triceps tend to overpredict the obese. Percentage of body fat by slaughter equaions using triceps and calf skinfold is highly correlated with triceps plus calf (r=0.99). The result suggest that, if necessary, practitioners can adequately predict body composition without exposing the upper body of females. |
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obesity, physical index, %fat, skinfold thickness |
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