Body composition unaltered for African women classified as 'normal but vulnerable' by body mass index and mid-upper-arm-circumference criteria

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 393-399

  Gartner, A ^a   Maire, B ^a   Kameli, Y ^a   Traissac, P ^a   Delpeuch, F ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body fat and lean compartment; Skinfold thickness; Thinness

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY FAT; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENT; BODY MASS; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CENTRAL AFRICA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; IMPEDANCE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WATER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THINNESS;

EID: 0035040544     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601171     Document Type: Article

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