Body shape in American and British adults: Between-country and inter-ethnic comparisons

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 152-159

  Wells, J C K ^a   Cole, T J ^a   Bruner, D ^b   Treleaven, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^{b *}  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D photonic scanning; Body mass index; Body shape; Ethnicity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY SIZE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMATOTYPES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149138625     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803685     Document Type: Article

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