Asian Indian adolescents from Guadeloupe are fatter than their island counterparts

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1820-1827

  Sinnapah, Stéphane ^a   Antoine Jonville, Sophie ^a   Hue, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asian Indians; Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body fat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STUDENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; ETHNOLOGY; GUADELOUPE; IMPEDANCE; INDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GUADELOUPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 74949104310     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711450999122X     Document Type: Article

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