TY - JOUR T1 - Determination of Body Composition of Children from Skinfold Measurements JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 182 LP - 184 DO - 10.1136/adc.46.246.182 VL - 46 IS - 246 AU - C. G. D. Brook Y1 - 1971/04/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/46/246/182.abstract N2 - Total body water was measured in 23 children aged 1 to 11 years and correlated with estimates of lean body mass derived from measurements of skinfold thickness. The correlation coefficient was 0ยท98. Skinfold thickness can, therefore, be used to estimate lean body mass, and thus total body fat, in young children for whom other techniques for the measurement of body composition cannot easily be used. ER -