چكيده لاتين :
Triceps skinfold thickness charts of a random sample of 2,234 healthy school children (1,161
boys and 1,073 girls) in Shiraz, Iran are presented. Triceps skinfold thickness increases by age and
is higher in girls than boys, except for upper extreme centiles. Triceps skinfold thickness may be
used with reasonable success to detect childhood obesity, which would be of great importance in
public health promotion. It favors adequacy and simplicity in screening for adiposity. The charts
presented here are likely to be applied to urban population of school-aged children in Iran,
however, it should be updated periodically.
