A comparison of the skinfold method with extent of 'overweight' and various weight height relationships in the assessment of obesity
1977
Womersley, J. | Durnin, J.V.G.A.
Extract: Body weight, height, skinfold thickness and body density measurements were made on 245 men and 324 women aged between 17 and 72 years. The body fat content of each individual was calculated from his density measurement. The method having the highest correlation with body fat estimated by densitometry was the skinfold method, although in the older groups of women other methods sometimes gave equally good correlations. From the distribution patterns obtained, it was evident that compared with the density method, all methods tended to over estimate body fat in very lean individuals. The skinfold method, however, showed this tendency to only a relatively small extent.
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