Visceral adipose tissue in children and adolescents: A review

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-147

  Suliga, Edyta ^a  

^a JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Determinants of visceral fat accumulation; Visceral adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; SEX HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNICITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIFE STRESS; LIPID STORAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBERTY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; REFERENCE VALUE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; METABOLIC DISEASES; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 77950365202     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: 14752700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954422409990096     Document Type: Review

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