OBJECTIVE: This study compares skinfold caliper and sonographic measurements of the amount and distribution of subcutaneous adipose tissue teenagers gain during pregnancy to test three hypotheses: (1) ...

Objectives: To determine if the changes in specific skinfold sites induced by intense athletic conditioning over a three year period were associated with changes in running performance in high level ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A long-term study has found that skinfold thickness during adolescence is a better predictor of being overweight as an adult than adolescent body mass index (BMI) -- the ...

Our studies of ontogenetic development of skin fold thickness in 10,661 Czechoslovak children (5,322 girls and 5,339 boys) ranging in age from 1½ to 15 below the chin (submental region), at the half ...