A comparative evaluation of two different approaches to estimating age at adiposity rebound

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-266

  Kroke, A ^a   Hahn, S ^a   Buyken, A E ^a   Liese, A D ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHILD NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity rebound; Epidemiology; Methodology; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; OBESITY; POLYNOMIAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 32544460715     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803143     Document Type: Article

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