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Measurement of fat thickness. The energy or calories our body needs comes from what we eat and drink. The body mass index of each athlete was calculated using body mass and body height kgm 2. Wc was objectively measured via abdominal measurement m. In addition the study did not possess weight history or body fat distribution of the population which would provide important clarification surrounding the possible effects. The relationship of skinfold thicknesses to body density and of skinfold thicknesses to densitometrically determined body fat was evaluated in a group of 378 boys and girls aged 720 years.
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