Menopause, physical activity, and body composition/fat distribution in midlife women

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1195-1202

  Sternfeld, Barbara ^a   Bhat, Aradhana K ^a   Wang, Hua ^a   Sharp, Teresa ^b   Quesenberry Jr , Charles P ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Cohort study; Lean mass; Menopausal transition; Percent body fat; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHINESE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF REPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY COMPOSITION; CALIFORNIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 22144441676     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000170083.41186.b1     Document Type: Article

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