Programming of lean body mass: A link between birth weight, obesity, and cardiovascular disease?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 726-730

  Singhal, Atul ^a   Wells, Jonathan ^a   Cole, Tim J ^a   Fewtrell, Mary ^a   Lucas, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Cardiovascular disease; Fat free mass; Lean mass; Obesity; Programming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GENDER; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PUBERTY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0037369617     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/77.3.726     Document Type: Article

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