Stunting, adiposity, and low-grade inflammation in African adolescents from a township high school

Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-99

  Kruger, Herculina Salome ^a   Pretorius, Rachelle ^a   Schutte, Aletta E ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Children; Inflammation; Overweight; Stunting

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SOCIAL STATUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; OBESITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 71549142256     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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