The Gene-Diet Attica Investigation on childhood obesity (GENDAI): Overview of the study design

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-315

  Papoutsakis, Constantina ^a   Vidra, Nikoleta V ^a   Hatzopoulou, Ioanna ^a   Tzirkalli, Maria ^a   Farmaki, Anastasia Eleni ^a   Evagelidaki, Evagelia ^a   Kapravelou, Garifallia ^a   Kontele, Ioanna G ^a   Skenderi, Katerina P ^a   Yannakoulia, Mary ^a   Dedoussis, George V ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Diet; Gene; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GREECE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET, REDUCING; GREECE; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33947601557     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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