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This paper is a study on the current physical growth and development of Koreans. It surveyed body types and measured percent body fat(%BF) by BIA method of 12,205 Korean sample (6,025 males and 6,180 females) around the nation of the age from 7 to 24. Several results from this survey are: first, the survey shows the specific physical growth and development, various physique types, among the samples from the age of 7 to 24; second, the body fat amount measured by BIA and anthrophometric method; third, the correlation and the regression equation between the body fat and the physique index measured by BIA; and fourth, the obesity rate measured by BMI, and the obesity rate of Korean with the body fat amount measured by BIA.
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