Influence of leptin on changes in body fat during growth in African American and white children

Obesity Research

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 593-598

  Johnson, Maria S ^a   Huang, Terry T K ^a   Figueroa Colon, Reinaldo ^b   Dwyer, James H ^a   Goran, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mead Johnson Nutritionals   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat; Children; Ethnicity; Leptin; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

PIERINAE;

LEPTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0035487097     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2001.78     Document Type: Article

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