Percent of body fat, fat-mass, fat-free mass and assessment of body composition among rural school-going children of Eastern-India

Percent of body fat (PBF), fat mass (FM) and fat free mass (FFM) are useful indicators for the assessment of body composition. The present study was conducted among 1351 children (boys: 660; girls: 691) aged 5-12 years residing in West Bengal, Eastern-India. The children were selected using a strati...

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Main Authors: Debnath Sampriti, Mondal Nitish, Sen Jaydip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-06-01
Series:Anthropological Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/anre-2018-0011