Birth weight and its relationship to size attained and relative fat distribution at 7 to 12 years of age

Obesity Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 385-390

  Malina, Robert M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Anthropometry; Body mass index; Children; Growth; Risk factors; Skinfolds; Stature; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0030184572     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1996.tb00246.x     Document Type: Article

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