A six-month program of nutritional intervention and physical activity produces positive effects on the body composition of school adolescent;Un programa de intervención nutricional y actividad física de seis meses produce efectos positivos sobre la composición corporal de adolescentes escolarizados

Revista Espanola de Pediatria

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 283-290

  Ortega Porcel, Francisco B ^a,c   Chillon Garzon P ^a   Ruiz Ruiz, J ^a,c   Delgado Fernandez M ^a   Moreno Aznar, L A ^b   Castillo Garzon M J ^c   Gutierrez Sainz A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body fat distribution; Body fat percentage; Nutrition; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 6344237200     PISSN: 0034947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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