Body fat distribution of overweight females with a history of weight cycling

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1143-1148

  Wallner, S J ^a   Luschnigg, N ^b   Schnedl, W J ^a   Lahousen, T ^a   Sudi, K ^b   Crailsheim, K ^b   Moller R ^a   Tafeit, E ^a   Horejsi, R ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Medizinisch Chemisches Inst P   (Austria)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Discriminant analysis; Lipometer; Weight cycling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 4344598755     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802736     Document Type: Article

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