Bodyfat percentage in girls increased steadily with age and percentile rank of body mass index

Pediatrics International

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-152

  Yoshinaga, Masao ^a   Shimago, Atsushi ^a   Noikura, Yoshihide ^b   Kinou, Sanae ^c   Ohara, Tsuruo ^c   Miyta, Koichiro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Noikura Hospital   (Japan)

^c Nishi murasakibaru Elementary School   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body mass index; Child; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DETERMINATION; STANDING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0036125056     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1328-8067.2001.01523.x     Document Type: Article

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