Relation between visceral fat and disease risk in children and adolescents

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Goran, Michael I ^a   Gower, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cardiovascular disease; Children; Development; Diabetes; Disease risk; Dyslipidemia; Ethnicity; Fat distribution; Heart disease; Intraabdominal adipose tissue; Metabolic risk; Obesity; Subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue; Subcutaneous fat; Syndrome X; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC REGULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME X; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032872588     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/70.1.149s     Document Type: Article

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