Dietary fat in relation to body fat and intraabdominal adipose tissue: A cross-sectional analysis

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 677-684

  Larson, D Enette ^a   Hunter, Gary R ^a   Williams, Martha J ^a   Kekes Szabo, Tamas ^a   Nyikos, Ildiko ^a   Goran, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

adiposity; central fat distribution; Dietary fat; fat distribution; intraabdominal adipose tissue; obesity; subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOLYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029969040     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/64.5.677     Document Type: Article

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