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Comparative Study
. 1979 Jan 20;1(6157):151-2.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6157.151.

Influence of body fatness in childhood on fatness in adult life

L J Hawk, C G Brook
Comparative Study

Influence of body fatness in childhood on fatness in adult life

L J Hawk et al. Br Med J. .

Abstract

Comparison of skinfold thicknesses measured in childhood and again 15 years later in 318 male and 303 female subjects disclosed only a moderate relation between the two measurements. Where adult fatness could be predicted from combinations of skinfold thicknesses in childhood the accuracy in 95% of cases lay at the mean between +/- 8% and +/- 18% according to age and sex.

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