Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Somatic measurements and their use in establishing reference values Cover

Somatic measurements and their use in establishing reference values

Open Access
|Sep 2012

References

  1. Bogin B., J. Baker (2012) Low birth weight does not predict the ontogeny of relative leg length of infants and children: An allometric analysis of the NHANES III sample. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 148:487-494.
  2. Cole T. J., M. C. Bellizzi, K. M. Flegal, W. H. Dietz (2000) Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey. Br. Med. J. 320:1-6.10.1136/bmj.320.7244.12402736510797032
  3. Das S. K., S. B. Roberts, J. J. Kehayias, J. Wang, L. K. G. Hsu, S. A. Shikora, E. Saltzman, M. A. McCrory (2002) Body composition assessment in extreme obesity and after massive weight loss induced by gastric bypass surgery. Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab. 284:E1080-E1088.
  4. Deurenberg P., J. A. Weststrate, J. C. Seidell (1991) Body mass index as a measure of body fatness: age- and sex-specific prediction formulas. Br. J. Nutr, 65:105-114.10.1079/BJN19910073
  5. Dewey F. E., D. Rosenthal, D. J. Murphy Jr, V. F. Froelicher, E. A. Ashley (2008) Does size matter? Clinical applications of scaling cardiac size and function for body size. Circulation; 117: 2279-2287.10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.73678518443249
  6. DiRenzo L., V. del Gobbio, M. Bigioni, M. G. Premrov, R. Cianci, A. de Lorenzo (2006) Body composition analyses in normal weight obese women. Eur. Rev. Med. Pharmacol. Sci. 10:191-196.
  7. McDowell M. A., C. D. Fryar, R. Hirsch, C. L. Ogden (2005) Anthropometric reference data for children and adults: U. S. population, 1999-2002. Adv. Data Vital Health Stat. No. 361: 1-32.
  8. Milde K., Tomaszewski P, Majcher A, Pyrżak B., R. Stunicki (2011) Body proportions of healthy and short stature adolescent girls. Pediatr. Endocrinol. Diabetes Metab. 17:195-200.
  9. Neovius M. G., Y. M. Linné, B. S. Barkeling, S. O. Rossner (2004) Sensitivity and specificity of classification systems for fatness in adolescents. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 80:597-603.
  10. Palczewska I., Niedźwiecka Z. (2001) Somatic development indices in children and youth of Warsaw. Develop. Period. Med. 5(Suppl. 1):15-118.
  11. Ross W. D. R. M. Leahy, G. R. Marshall, G. W. Carroll, (1996) The BMI: a parody of science and common sense. In: L. S. Sidhu, S. P. Singh (eds.) Human Biology-Global Developments. USG Publishers and Distributors, Ludhiana India, pp. 39-60.
  12. Ross W. D., O. G. Eiben (2002) BMI: A critique of its use in human biology and the health professions. Humanbiologia Budapestinensis (Budapest) 27:47-56.
  13. Ross W. D., G. W. Marshall (2006) Allometry and Dimensionality, Animated Essays for Human Biologists and Health Professionals (Vol. 1), Rosscraft/Turnpike Electronic Publications, Surrey BC.
  14. Sempolska K., Stupnicki R. (2007) Relative fat content in young women with normal BMI but differing in the degree of physical activity. Roczn. PZH 58:333-338.
  15. Stupnicki R. (2001) On establishing and using reference values. In: A. Wit, W. Zmysłowski (eds.) Lecture Notes of the ICB Seminars: "Norms and normalisation in diagnostics of movement disorders". International Center of Cybernetics, Warsaw, pp. 14-18.
  16. Stupnicki R., J. Dobosz, P. Tomaszewski, K. Milde (2005) Standardisation of selected somatic and physical fitness variables. Physical Education and Sport 49:72-79.
  17. Stupnicki R., Milde K., Przewęda R. (2001) Constructing growth reference curves. Papers Anthropol. 10:268-279.
  18. Stupnicki R., R. Przewęda, K. Milde (2003) Percentile reference curves for physical fitness measured by EUROFIT tests in Polish youths. University of Physical Education Editions, Warsaw.
  19. Stupnicki R., Tomaszewski P., Milde K., Czeczelewski J., Lichota M., Głogowska J. (2009) Body fat-based weight norms for children and youths. Pediatr. Endocrinol. Diabetes Metab. 15:141-145.
  20. WHO (2012) Global database on Body Mass Index http://apps.who.int/bmi/index.jsp?introPage=intro_3.html
  21. Widhalm K., K. Schönegger, C. Huemer, A. Auterith (2001) Does the BMI reflect body fat in obese children and adolescents? A study using the TOBEC method. Int. J. Obes. 25:279-285.
  22. www.cdc.gov/growthcharts
  23. www.theopavlidis.com/HealthIssues/bmi_0.htm
Language: English
Page range: 70 - 75
Published on: Sep 12, 2012
Published by: University of Physical Education in Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2012 Romuald Stupnicki, published by University of Physical Education in Warsaw
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

Volume 4 (2012): Issue 2012 (January 2012)