Body composition assessment in a sample of eight-year-old children

Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1020-1028

  Bonaccorsi, Guglielmo ^a   Baggiani, Lorenzo ^a   Bassetti, Andrea ^a   Colombo, Cesare ^a   Lorini, Chiara ^a   Mantero, Silvia ^a   Olimpi, Nadia ^a   Santomauro, Francesca ^a   Comodo, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Bioelectrical impedance; Children; Nutrition; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 69249221481     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.01.016     Document Type: Article

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