Measuring Body Fat Using Skinfolds: PAL Video (21 Minutes)

Dr Timothy Lohman, one of America's foremost authorities on children's body composition, has developed this video, and the accompanying software program "Body Composition Estimation for Children", to help physical educators and fitness professionals determine the body composition of children. In "Measuring Body Fat Using Skinfolds", Dr Lohman explains and demonstrates how to measure body fat using the caliper method. The tape shows how to select reliable calipers; take measurements at tricep, subscapular, and calf sites; and evaluate the test results. The video comes with body fat norms to compare students' measurements with the national norms for 6- to 18-year-olds. The software program accurately calculates body composition based on children's age, gender, height, weight, and skinfold measurements. To help tailor activities to meet individual needs, the software generates a report for each student, compares individual scores to national norms, calculates optimal weight range, and computes class averages.