Energy intakes, anthropometry and body composition of Nigerian adolescent girls: A case study of an institutionalized secondary school in Ibadan

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 497-509

  Cole, Abiodun H ^a   Taiwo, Omowumi O ^a   Nwagbara, Ngozi I ^a   Cole, Cornelia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anthropometry; Body composition; Energy intake; Indirect calorimetry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIMETER; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CHILD; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS;

EID: 0030964347     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19970052     Document Type: Article

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