Obesity in a cohort of black Jamaican children as estimated by BMI and other indices of adiposity

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 420-426

  Gaskin, P S ^a   Walker, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

BMI cut off points; Early adolescence; Late childhood; Overweight; Skinfolds

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; NEGRO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VARIANCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0037350771     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601564     Document Type: Article

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