Open AccessHeight, weight, and triceps skinfold thickness of Michigan children, 1978.
Author(s) -
Stanley P. Sady,
Robert J. Moffatt,
George M. Owen
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.71.8.855
Subject(s) - skinfold thickness , demography , medicine , gerontology , body height , body weight , endocrinology , sociology
Height, weight, and triceps skinfold measurements were made on 258 Michigan males and 225 females, age 2 to 18 years, comprising a representative sample of Michigan children in 1978. Boys of most age groups and younger girls were slightly taller, heavier, and fatter than their US counterparts, studied between 1963 and 1974. Older Michigan girls were slightly shorter but heavier and fatter than their earlier US counterparts.