Symposium on 'body weight regulation and obesity: Metabolic and clinical aspects' 1st plenary session: 'Obesity': Obesity: Criteria and classification

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 505-509

  Pi Sunyer, F X ^a  

^a Columbia Univ Coll of Phys/Surg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat; Genetic predisposition; Obesity

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; TRITIUM; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

TRITIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 0034323797     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0029665100000732     Document Type: Conference Paper

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