Bodyfat - children - skinfold
This procedure estimates bodyfat in children by measuring skinfold at 2 different places.
Background
Instructions:
1. Measure skinfold in millimeters as indicated on the pictures and enter values.
2. For further instructions see our guide "How to measure body fat with a skinfold caliper"
Background
Estimating bodyfat in children by this method is more valid than using BMI or Ponderal index.
References
Anthropometric assessment of muscularity during growth: estimating fat-free mass with 2 skinfold-thickness measurements is superior to measuring midupper arm muscle area in healthy prepubertal children. Boye et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2002 Sep;76(3):628-32.
Comments
You are right, if the sum>35 there is additional formula. However, the formula you gave is only for *female*. For male:
Fat (%) = 0.783*(tricep + subsc) + 1.7
Fat (%) = 0.546 (tricep + subsc) + 9.7 otherwise is fine.
Thanks for this great Site
We do provide links to references, so it is possible to go to the original sources and extract additional information there.