Methods for assessing body composition, cardiovascular and metabolic function in children and adolescents: Implications for exercise studies

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 560-567

  Nassis, George P ^a,b   Sidossis, Labros S ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aerobic training; Body fat; Children; Fitness; Insulin sensitivity; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LIPID;

ACCURACY; ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIRECT FICK EQUATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; MACRONUTRIENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELFLOW METHOD; MUSCLE LEVEL; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; THORACIC BIOIMPEDANCE; TISSUE METABOLISM; TISSUE SUBSTRATE METABOLISM; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 33747471439     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mco.0000241665.38385.5b     Document Type: Review

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