ESTIMATION OF FEMALE BODY FAT PERCENTAGE BASED ON BODY CIRCUMFERENCES

ABSTRACT Introduction: The increase in the prevalence of obesity entails the need for accurate low-cost methods to estimate body fat percentage (BF%). Objective: The aim of this study was to develop mathematical models to estimate the BF% of young women from southern Brazil using inexpensive equip...

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Main Authors: Ana Carla Chierighini Salamunes, Adriana Maria Wan Stadnik, Eduardo Borba Neves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte
Series:Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-86922018000200097&lng=en&tlng=en