Indices of fatness and relationships with age, ethnicity and lipids in New Zealand European, Māori and Pacific children

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 627-633

  Rush, E C ^a   Scragg, R ^b   Schaaf, D ^b   Juranovich, G ^a   Plank, L D ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 65549108214     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2008.15     Document Type: Article

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