Skinfold in Old and Longlived Individuals

Anthropometric Measurements in the Elderly

“…These values are lower than those reported for older women by other investigators {Young et al., 1963;Yearick, 1978). The subscapular thickness in the majority of women was <16 mm and this is below the mean value of 18.8 mm reported by Yearick (1978).…”

“…This evidence indicates a tendency towards increased fat deposition and changes in the distribution of subcutaneous fat with age (Skerlj et al, 1953;Möhr and Köhler, 1970). However, infor mation on the anthropometric measurements of the elderly population over 65 years is com paratively limited (Hejda, 1963;Young et al, 1963;Ryckewaert et al, 1967;Richl, 1971;Durnin and Womersley, 1974;Yearick, 1978). This paper presents the mean values and fre quency distribution of a set of anthropometric measurements, recorded on a group of institu tionalised and non-institutionalised aged people over 65 years of age.…”

Factors in the Nutrition of Elderly People Living Alone or as Couples and Receiving Community Assistance*

“…In our sample, 5 per cent of the subjects had such low hemoglobin levels. Mean skinfold thickness over the arm and scapula was somewhat lower than that measured by Hejda (10) in a sample of 56 men and 85 women aged 65–101 years, living in Prague.…”

The relationship between self-esteem and physical condition as measured by the hand grip and leg press in retirement home residents

“…Their data suggest that the incidence of overweight in this older group was at least as great as it is in younger adults. Hejda (1963) studied persons 82 to 100 years of age selected from the normal population and found moderate or severe obesity in 15 per cent of the older men and 21 per cent of the older women. However, most persons in the group studied had reached their maximum weight at around age 42.…”