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• Holtain skinfold calipers are marked with 0.2 mm gradation, Lange calipers with 0.5 mm gradation.
• Skinfold calipers came into use during the 1950s, when people were leaner than they are now.
• The skinfold calipers are spring-loaded.
• Dr . Lange and colleagues were involved the development of the Massie Sliding Hip Nail and the Lange Skinfold Caliper in the period 1954 to 1957.
• It is measured using skinfold calipers . ( See body fat percentage # Skinfold methods for general information on skinfold fat measurements . ) The measurement is taken at a standardized position ( one of eight standard skinfold measurement points ) at the midpoint of the back of the upper arm.
• Forging ahead on a path of seemingly endless weight gain, Americans have passed a singular milestone : nearly 25 percent of women in their 50s have so much body fat that it cannot be measured, at least not in the traditional way, which employs a device called a skinfold caliper to measure the layer of fat just beneath the skin.