Low body fat and high cardiorespiratory fitness at the onset of the freshmen year may not protect against weight gain

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1406-1412

  Mifsud, Gabrielle ^a   Duval, Karine ^a   Doucet, Éric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Alcohol; Body composition; Freshmen; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; ACCELERATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT;

ACCELERATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 67649312184     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508067639     Document Type: Article

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