Concurrent validity of five prediction equations to evaluate fat percentage in a sports group expected to yield high performance from Medellín, Colombia

• Published in: Biomédica
• Main Authors: Ana Lucía López, Juan David Vélez, Angélica María García, Elkin Fernando Arango
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2021
• Subjects: body composition; nutritional status; anthropometry; child; adolescent; nutrition assessment; adipose tissue; absorptiometry; photon; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Slaughter
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.5333; https://doaj.org/article/c9aac14078a34ef094d5b6104ff0d85e

Introduction: No equations to predict the body composition of athletes from Medellín expected to have high performance have been constructed and, thus, decisions regarding their training and nutrition plans lack support. Objective: To calculate the concurrent validity of five prediction equations fo...