Sociodemographic distribution of measures of body fatness among children and adolescents in New South Wales, Australia

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 456-462

  Booth, Michael L ^a   Macaskill, P ^a   Lazarus, R ^a   Baur, L A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Overweight; Skinfold thickness; Social class; Waist girth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032963577     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800841     Document Type: Article

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