Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Group Symposium on 'Control of energy balance in health and disease': Body composition in childhood: Effects of normal growth and disease

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 521-528

  Wells, J C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body composition in childhood; Childhood disease; Fat mass; Lean mass; Nutritional programming

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EATING DISORDER; ENERGY BALANCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ENERGY METABOLISM; GROWTH; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GROWTH; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY;

EID: 1542646359     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS2003261     Document Type: Conference Paper

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