CHANGES

IN WEIGHT ,BODY COMPOSITION

AND SKELETAL MASS

• In this adolescent period, the level of adiposity

may diversify widely depending on age,
gender and pubertal development

• 50% of ideal body weight is gained during

adolescence

• Growth spurt is 3_6 month

• Girls will gain approximately 18 lbs (8.3) kg a

year
• Normally, during the adolescent period, boys
gain more muscle and lean tissue than adipose
tissue

• While this is opposite in girls and they gain

more fat

• Weight gain slows down duringlate

adolescence will gain around 14 lbs (6.3) kg
• Body fat increasesfrom 16% to 27%
• Lean body mass falls from 80% to 74%

• Diring puberty female experience 44%

increase in lean body mass and 120% of body
fat mass each year

• Males gain 20 lbs (9) kg per yearduring

puberty

• Fat decreases in males during adolescence to

reach 12%

• By age 18 , morethan 90% of skeletal mass

had been formed

• A variety of factors contribute to the accretion

of bone mass including genetics , hormonal
changes , smoking and nutrition

• BMI criterion is the most frequently used but,

in spite of its high sensitivity and specificity,
an important number of adolescents classified
as overweight or obese do not have really high
adiposity (32.1% of females and 42% of
males).