Rates of change in measures of body size vary by ethnicity and gender

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 303-310

  Ambrosius, Walter T ^a   Newman, Shirley A ^a   Pratt, J Howard ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; Children; Obesity; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0035291403     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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