Relationship Between Skinfold Thickness and Body Cooling for Two Hours at 15°C

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Correlation coefficients and regression equations between skin-folds and skin temperatures and rectal temperatures, demonstrated that when almost nude men are inactive in air of 59[degree]F (15[degree]C), fat acts as an insulator. Fat men, under the environmental and activity conditions described, maintain higher rectal temperatures but lower skin temperatures than thin men. The differences between 1 and 19% body fat produces a difference of 1.2[degree]F in rectal temperature and 5.9[degree]F in mean weighted skin temperature during 2 hours of cold exposure.

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