Ethnic differences in subcutaneous adiposity and waist girth in children and adolescents

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2075-2081

  Sisson, Susan B ^a   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^a   Srinivasan, Sathanur R ^b   Chen, Wei ^b   Freedman, David S ^c   Bouchard, Claude ^a   Berenson, Gerald S ^b  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 70350575243     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.132     Document Type: Article

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