Predicting Fat Percent by Skinfolds in Racial Groups | Zendy

Lance E. Davidson | Zendy; Jack Wang | Zendy; John C. Thornton | Zendy; Zafar U. Kaleem | Zendy; Federico Silva-Palacios | Zendy; Richard N. Pierson | Zendy; Steven B. Heymsfield | Zendy; Dympna Gallagher | Zendy

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Predicting Fat Percent by Skinfolds in Racial Groups

Author(s) -

Lance E. Davidson,

Jack Wang,

John C. Thornton,

Zafar U. Kaleem,

Federico Silva-Palacios,

Richard N. Pierson,

Steven B. Heymsfield,

Dympna Gallagher

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

medicine and science in sports and exercise

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703

H-Index - 224

eISSN - 1530-0315

pISSN - 0195-9131

DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e3181ef3f07

Subject(s) - waist , anthropometry , medicine , ethnic group , body fat percentage , skinfold thickness , population , demography , body mass index , classification of obesity , fat mass , sociology , anthropology , environmental health

Despite their widespread use in research and fitness settings, Durnin and Womersley's (DW) 1974 prediction equations using skinfold thickness to estimate body fat percent by hydrodensitometry have not been systematically evaluated in racial or ethnic groups using body fat percent measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (%BF(DXA)) as the standard.

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