Publications by authors named "Maria C Simpson"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates skinfold measurements under the chin (SMS) to determine excess weight in Chilean adolescents based on BMI and body fat percentage (BF).
- The findings indicate high accuracy in using SMS to estimate obesity, with cutoff values identified as 10 mm for girls and 9 mm for boys when using body fat percentage, and 10 mm for girls and 7 mm for boys for BMI.
- Overall, the results confirm that SMS is a useful measure for assessing obesity in adolescents by correlating well with traditional anthropometric metrics.
Objective: this investigation describes the somatotype components and somatotype as a whole in Chilean children and adolescents.
Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in Valparaiso, Chile. The somatotypes of 1,409 schoolchildren (747 males) aged 6 to 18 yearswere assessed using the Heath-Carter anthropometric method.