Body composition during adolescence: Methods, limitations and determinants

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue , 1993, Pages 25-40

  Rolland Cachera, M F ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anthropometry; Body composition; Body mass index; Childhood; Growth; Nutrition; Nutritional status; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY BUILD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITOMETRY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INFANT; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; SEX MATURATION;

EID: 0027381154     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000182782     Document Type: Article

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