Influence of sex on total and regional fat loss in overweight and obese men and women

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 629-634

  Kuk, J L ^a   Ross, R ^b  

^a York University   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body composition; Gender; Visceral fat; Waist; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CANADA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ONTARIO; OVERWEIGHT; SEX FACTORS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 67449155935     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.48     Document Type: Article

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