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Fat-free body mass from skinfold thickness: a close relationship with total body nitrogen

G L Hill, J. Andrew Bradley, John P. Collins, I. D. McCarthy, C B Oxby, L. Burkinshaw

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Fat-free body mass is an important component of body composition which is of particular interest to nutritionists and related workers. Fat-free mass has been determined from the simple measurement of skinfold thickness and it has been demonstrated that there is a close correlation with total body nitrogen even though the test subjects had a wide range of nutritional status.

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Fat-free body mass is an important component of body composition which is of particular interest to nutritionists and related workers. Fat-free mass has been determined from the simple measurement of skinfold thickness and it has been demonstrated that there is a close correlation with total body nitrogen even though the test subjects had a wide range of nutritional status.

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Fat-free body mass is an important component of body composition which is of particular interest to nutritionists and related workers. Fat-free mass has been determined from the simple measurement of skinfold thickness and it has been demonstrated that there is a close correlation with total body nitrogen even though the test subjects had a wide range of nutritional status.

Key concepts: Skinfold thickness, Fat free mass, Classification of obesity, Fat mass, Body weight, Nitrogen, Body mass index, Chemistry

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