Increased abdominal fat in young women of Indian origin

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-73

  Orr Walker, Brandon ^a,b   Evans, Margaret C ^a   Reid, Ian R ^a   Cundy, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Body mass index; Chinese; Diabetes; European; Fat mass; Indian; Polynesian; Premenopausal women

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; LUMBAR SPINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREMENOPAUSE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA;

EID: 17144411115     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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