INTRODUCTION Assessing body composition is important because of the association between excess body fat or obesity and the increased risk for coronary artery disease, diabetes, hyperlipidaemia and hypertension. Methodological differences among indirect body composition techniques are a source of variability that can affect estimations of fat-free mass (FEM) or percent fat, especially for differ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Assessment of adiposity using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) has been considered more advantageous in comparison to anthropometry for predicting cardio-metabolic risk in the older population, by virtue of its ability to distinguish total and regional fat. Nonetheless, there is increasing uncertainty regarding the relative superiority of DXA and little comparative dat...

introduction: the findings of cephalometry studies are widely applied in medical and engineering fields. cephalometry measurements are affected by genetics‚ age‚ gender‚ and social‚ economic and geographic factors.this study assesses cephalometry of the neurocranium in male newborns in kermanshah,iran by an anthropometry method to confirm or reject the theory of brachycephalization (i.e., a spr...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Data on the physical dimension of the hand of Indian women are scanty. This information is necessary to ascertain human-machine compatibility in the design of manual systems for the bare and gloved hand, such as design and sizing of hand tools, controls, knobs and other applications in different kinds of precision and power grips. The present study was undertaken to gene...

This study aims to evaluate the reliability and establish procedures for the use of digital photogrammetry in anthropometric measurements of the human hand. The methodology included the construction of a platform to allow the placement of the hand always equivalent to a distance of the camera lens and to annul the effects of parallax. We developed a software to perform the measurements from the...

Different rugby positions make different demands on players. It therefore follows that optimum body composition may vary according to the position played. Using anthropometry and bioimpedance analysis (BIA) assess composition, present study aimed compare effect of sex variables using BIA methods. A total 100 competitive players (35 women 65 men) competing in First Spanish National League were r...

An adverse intra-uterine environment has been associated with abdominal fat distribution in singletons. Twins often have a low birth weight and a short gestation. Therefore, they may have an increased risk to develop abdominal obesity. Furthermore, monozygotic monochorionic twins (MZ MC) have a larger intra-pair birth weight difference compared to monozygotic dichorionic twins (MZ DC). If adult...

anthropometry, a useful method for evaluating craniofacial soft tissues, makes the quantitative description of the face possible. it also assesses the degree of disharmony and imbalance in the growth and development of the face. the aim of this study was to examine the overall common age-related changes of nasomaxillary complex of adolescent boys in northeast iran. three- hundred- twelve 12 to ...

background: the secular trend in growth is a well-documented and recurrent phenomenon in many developed and developing countries. in this study, we examined the secular trends in birth length and weight among iranian neonates. methods: this cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted between 1991 and 2011. using a two-stage stratified cluster sampling, the birth weights and heights of...