Height and adiposity among children

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 846-853

  Freedman, David S ^a,c   Thornton, John C ^b   Mei, Zuguo ^a   Wang, Jack ^b   Dietz, William H ^a   Pierson Jr , Richard N ^b   Horlick, Mary ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; BMI; Skinfolds; X ray densitometry

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODENSITOMETRY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 4644370456     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.102     Document Type: Article

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