Body fat distribution in stunted compared with normal-height children from the shantytowns of São Paulo, Brazil

Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 640-646

  Hoffman, Daniel J ^a   Martins, Paula A ^b   Roberts, Susan B ^c   Sawaya, Ana Lydia ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Fat distribution; Stunting; Transitional countries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547654377     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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