Do changes in body mass index percentile reflect changes in body composition in children? Data from the Fels Longitudinal Study

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Demerath, Ellen W ^a   Schubert, Christine M ^a   Maynard, L Michele ^b   Sun, Shumei S ^a   Chumlea, W Cameron ^a   Pickoff, Arthur ^c   Czerwinski, Stefan A ^a   Towne, Bradford ^a   Siervogel, Roger M ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; BMI; Body composition; Childhood; Fat free mass; Gender differences; Longitudinal study; Obesity; Percentage of body fat; Total body fat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRODENSITOMETRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGING; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; GROWTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OBESITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33645030149     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0572     Document Type: Article

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