The reallocation of body fat toward the abdomen persists to very old age, while body mass index declines after middle age in Chinese

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 683-687

  Teh, B H ^a   Pan, W H ^a,b   Chen, C J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age specific percentile distribution; Anthropometric measure; Obesity index

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SENESCENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0029889233     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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