the aim of this study was to examine the effects of two kinds of concurrent training on body fat percentage, body mass index (bmi), maximal oxygen consumption, body upper strength, body lower strength, total cholesterol, triglyceride and low- and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol in non-athlete overweight boys. for this purpose, 40 non-athlete overweight boys (mean age 15.33 ± 0.58) were sel...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the validity of an axiom that body mass index (BMI) and percentage body fat (%BF), above an ideal, are health risk factors. METHODS Participants were 2615 volunteers who participated in a health-screening program conducted in college residence halls over a consecutive 8-year period. RESULTS Nearly half of all participants were misclassified when BMI and/or %BF were...

OBJECTIVE We determined the effect of clothing type on the validity of air-displacement plethysmography (ADP) to estimate percentage of body fat (%BF) and ascertain if these effects differ by body mass index (BMI). METHODS The %BF by dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and %BF, density, and body volume by ADP were assessed in 132 healthy adults classified by normal (N; 18.5-24.9 kg/m2), overweigh...

OBJECTIVE To assess the obesity prevalence in Saudi adults according to the international standards of body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage (BF%). METHODS Five hundred and thirty healthy Saudi adults aged 18-72 years (mean 36.91 ± 15.22 years) were enrolled in this study. Their body composition was assessed by bioelectrical impendence analysis with a commercially available body compo...

Obesity and obesity-related diseases are among the most prominent health problems in Western countries. In the USA and Europe, more than 40% of the population is overweight [1]. Obesity is normally defined by the body mass index (BMI; kg/m2). BMI values between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m2 are considered normal; individuals with BMI values from 25 to 29.9 kg/m2 are considered overweight, while those wit...

BACKGROUND Early nutrition may affect the risk of overweight in later life. OBJECTIVE The objective was to explore the effect of the duration of breastfeeding (BF) and age at introduction of complementary feeding (CF) on body mass index (BMI) during childhood through adulthood. DESIGN The study was based on a subsample of the Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort established in 1959-1961 (n = 5068). ...

purpose obesity is a common nutritional problem in both developed and developing countries. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweightness and obesity using both bioelectrical impedance analysis (bia) and body mass index (bmi). methods in this cross-sectional study, 288 healthy college students were selected. socio-economic status questionnaires were completed and subje...

Obesity is a global epidemic, and measures to define it must be appropriate for diverse populations for accurate assessment of worldwide risk. Obesity refers to excess body fatness, but is more commonly defined by body mass index (BMI). Body composition varies among populations: Asians have higher percent body fat (%BF), and Pacific Islanders lower %BF at a given BMI compared to Europeans. Many...

OBJECTIVE To predict the percent body fat (%BF) cutoff values corresponding to overweight and obesity recommended by the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) in Korean children and to compare those values with the published cutoff values in Caucasian children. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES The sample consisted of 1083 Korean children and adolescents (555 boys and 528 girls) aged 7-18 yea...