Seven-year stability of indicators of obesity and adipose tissue distribution in the Canadian population

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1123-1129

  Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^b   Pérusse, Louis ^b   Malina, Robert M ^b   Bouchard, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body mass index; Campbell's Survey; Canada Fitness Survey; Fat distribution; Fatness; Skinfold thicknesses; Subcutaneous tissue; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0344326247     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.6.1123     Document Type: Article

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