Does waist circumference predict fat gain in children?

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 978-983

  Maffeis, C ^a   Grezzani, A ^a   Pietrobelli, A ^a   Provera, S ^a   Tato L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034968121     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801641     Document Type: Article

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