DENSITOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF BODY COMPOSITION REVISION OF SOME QUANTIATIVE ASSUMPTIONS
DENSITOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF BODY COMPOSITION REVISION OF SOME QUANTIATIVE ASSUMPTIONS
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10.1111/j.1749-6632.1963.tb17079.x
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1963-01-01
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GRANDE, F
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BROZEK, J;ANDERSON, JT;GRANDE, F
Densitometric systems of two-component analysis of body composition operate with components (compartments) of known or assumed density and composition. In the 1953 version of the Minnesota densitometric system, the body weight was separated into a mass corresponding to that of the "reference man" and of the "obesity tissue." The density of the reference man was known (1.063). It was assumed that fat accounted for 14% of the body weight. On the basis of available information on the chemical composition of adult male bodies, supplemented by special considerations of body mineral, a new "reference body" was established and its density (1.064) was computed. The fat content of the "reference body" was known (15.3% of body weight). The compartment labeled "obesity tissue" was defined in 1953 by analyzing weight gains made by middle-aged men, in a normal range of body weight for height and age at the onset of six months of positive caloric balance. When a new density figure (1.078 gm./ml.) is used for a compartment labeled "cell residue," the composition of this variety of obesity tissue results as follows: extracellular water, 14%; fat, 64%; and "cell residue," 22%. When a weight loss observed in young obese men rather than weight gain is analyzed, the following composition is obtained: extracellular water, 4%; fat, 64%; and "cell residue," 32%. Finally, when the tissue accounting for the differences between young men of high and low body density is considered, the values are 7% (extracellular water), 73% (fat), and 20% ("cell residue") respectively. Equations for the estimation of the amount of "obesity tissue," of fat associated with this compartment, and of total fat were developed on the basis of this information. It appears that no universally valid formulas for densitometric estimation of the fat content can be offered. In spite of the complexity and variability of the tissue gained or lost, the system "reference body" plus "obesity tissue" offers certain advantages over the simplest model of body composition ("fat-free plus fat"), originally proposed by Behnke.