Is abdominal fat preferentially reduced in response to exercise-induced weight loss?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 11 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Ross, Robert ^a   Janssen, Ian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Physical activity; Subcutaneous fat; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032706704     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199911001-00014     Document Type: Article

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