Oscillations in total body fat content through life: An evolutionary perspective

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 525-530

  Zafon, C ^a,b  

^a Hospital General I Universitari Vall d'Hebron ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Energy allocation; Evolutionary theories; Fat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; EVOLUTION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LACTATION; LIPID STORAGE; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STRESS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WEIGHT FLUCTUATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 35448958524     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2007.00377.x     Document Type: Review

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