TOBEC is a rapid, safe and convenient method for the measurement of body composition. Cross-sectional measurement of body fat (BF) by TOBEC (BF-T) and by anthropometry including skinfold thickness1 (BF-S) was performed in 423 normal, healthy Caucasian infants, allowing comparison of these techniques with each other and with reference data on body fat2 (BR-R).BF-T was correlated with BF.S. Expressed in percentages r=0.550 (p 1Dauncey et al. Arch Dis Child 52:223-227, 1977 2Fomon et al. Am J Clin Nutr 35:1169-75, 1982
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