Rowe, D.A. and Mahar, M. (2006) FITNESSGRAM BMI Standards: BMI Standards: Should They Be Race-Specific? Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 3 (2). S58-S66. ISSN 1543-3080
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The purpose of the study was to evaluate race-specific FITNESSGRAM® body mass index (BMI) standards in comparison to the recommended standards, i.e., percent fat (%BF) ³25 in boys and %BF ³32 in girls. Methods: BMI and %BF were estimated in 1,968 Black and White children ages 6-14 years, using methods similar to those used to develop the current FITNESSGRAM standards. Multiple regression was employed to develop age-, sex-, and race-specific BMI standards. Percent agreement and modified kappa (kq) were used to evaluate agreement with the %BF standards, and sensitivity and specificity were used to evaluate classification accuracy. Concludes that Race-specific BMI standards appear to be a more accurate representation of unhealthy %BF levels than the current FITNESSGRAM BMI standards.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 5458 |
| Keywords: | race, physical activity, fitness, health, Communities. Classes. Races, Personal health and hygiene, including exercise, nutrition , Physiology |
| Subjects: | Social Sciences > Communities. Classes. Races Medicine > Public aspects of medicine > Personal health and hygiene, including exercise, nutrition Science > Physiology |
| Department: | Faculty of Humanities And Social Sciences > Physical Activity For Health |
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| Depositing user: | Strathprints Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Mar 2008 |
| Last modified: | 12 Mar 2012 10:42 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/5458 |
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