Research Article
Influence of body fatness in childhood on fatness in adult life.
Br Med J 1979; 1 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.6157.151 (Published 20 January 1979) Cite this as: Br Med J 1979;1:151
- L J Hawk,
- C G Brook
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.