Childhood obesity: Looking into the future

Angiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2_suppl, 2008, Pages 30S-33S

  Pietrobelli, Angelo ^a   Cuevas Espinoza, Maivin ^b   De Cristofaro, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Hospital Universitario Dr Manuel Núñez Tovar   (Venezuela)

^c Centro Regionale di Fisiopatologia Della Nutrizione ASL   (Italy)

Author keywords

adiposity; body composition; pediatric; prevention; treatment

Indexed keywords

LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYDRODENSITOMETRY; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESPIRATORY TRACT MALFORMATION; SKINFOLD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 53049084872     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: 19401574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319708318788     Document Type: Conference Paper

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