title: [A preliminary report about body shape and composition of 300 citizens in Kaohsiung City].
abstract: We studied 300 healthy citizen of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, to discover factors that affect body shape, and especially body weight. It's our hope that we could find an objective evaluative index to assess obesity that would be suitable for use in out-patient clinics. During the study period, 300 healthy, under 50 years old volunteers were participated in our study. All the participant were asked to completed a questionnaire and anthropometric measures for analysis. The result of our study showed that age, sex and drinking habit all were significantly affected body shape. We also found that relative body weight and subscapular skinfold thickness are best predictor of body fat composition. Therefore, we suggest the combined use relative body weight and subscapular skinfold thickness as an index for assessing obesity in out-patient clinics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Chau
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: U C
authors.initials: UC
authors.lastname: Che
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Jsa
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hsau
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001823:Body Composition; D001835:Body Weight; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis; D012737:Sex Factors