Durnin, J. V. G. A.

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Updated: June 13, 2012, 4:27 am

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J. V. G. A. Durnin, a Scottish nutritionist noted for his seminal work in the field of human nutrition and the energetics of human metabolism. With Reginald Passmore, he published Energy, Work and Leisure (1967), widely considered to be the authoritative source for data on the energy expenditure of a wide range of human activity.

Durnin and Womersley developed methods for estimating body fat utilizing skin fold thickness measurements from four different anatomical points on the human body; their data analysis found systematic differences in the correlations between men and women.

References

• J. V. G. A. Durnin and J. Womersley. 1974. Body fat assessed from total body density and its estimation from skinfold thickness: measurements on 481 men and women aged from 16 to 72 Years. British Journal of Nutrition, 32 : pp 77-97

Citation

Cleveland, C. (2012). Durnin, J. V. G. A.. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Durnin,_J._V._G._A.