Asian adolescents have a higher trunk:peripheral fat ratio than Whites

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 642-647

  Novotny, Rachel ^a   Daida, Yihe G ^a   Grove, John S ^a   Le Marchand, Loïc ^a   Vijayadeva, Vinutha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Asian; DXA; Ethnicity; Fat; Trunk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILIAC BONE; LEG LENGTH; MATURATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRUNK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644835657     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.3.642     Document Type: Article

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