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Keywords

Adipose tissues--Measurement; Body composition--Measurement; Impedance, Bioelectric;

Abstract

The. purpose of this study was to compare two methods of body composition assessment in predicting body fat percentages of 6-8 year old males and females. The percentage of body fat predicted from the bioelectrical impedance method was compared with the percentage of body fat predicted from skinfold measurements. It was hypothesized that there would be no difference between the RJL System's BIA 101 Impedance Analyzer and skinfolds in determining body fat percentage. Subjects consisted of 38 females with a mean age of 7.27 + .802 years and 22 males with a mean age of 7.16 + .808 years. Statistical analysis revealed a significant difference between the mean percentage of body fat of females obtained from the bioelectrical impedance (18.24 + 4.40%) and anthropometry (21.46 + 7.91%). A significant difference was not found for males between the mean percentages obtained from bioelectrical impedance (14.92 + 2.22%) and anthropometry (14.89 + 3.66%) techniques. However, the males had a low correlation between the bioelectrical impedance and skinfold assessments at r = .12. Based on these results, the validity of using bioelectrical impedance as a technique for determining body composition of prepubescent males and females is questionable.

Year of Submission

1995

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services

First Advisor

F. Dolgener

Second Advisor

L. Hensley

Third Advisor

J. Marsh

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Date Original

1995

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1 PDF file (62 leaves)

Language

en

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