Growing Changes in the Body Compositionof Young People in Kyushu

Abstract

This short article will describe a compartivestudy on the body composition of young people in Kyushu.Skinfold thickness was measured at five differentsites on the right side of the body on 1749 persons, ages 10 to 18, living in Kyushu.Body density and fatpercentage were estimated according to the methodof Nagamine and Suzuki (1964) and the formula of Brozek et al (1963).