Standards of Subcutaneous Fat Applied to Percentile Norms for Elementary School Children

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to develop standards of subcutaneous fat [See table in the PDF file] (skin fold for American chidren, specifically the children of College Station, Texas, elementary schools). Subscapular and triceps skin-fold measures were taken on 1,176 elementary school boys and girls in the College Station school system in an effort to develop percentile standards for skin-fold measures for elementary school children, grades 1-6. As expected, the results indicate that fat levels increase with the age of the children and that girls possess more fat than boys at all elementary school ages.