Physical fitness, adiposity, and metabolic risk factors in young college students

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1039-1044

  Sacheck, Jennifer M ^a   Kuder, Julia F ^a   Economos, Christina D ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Blood lipids; Body composition; Obesity

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FITNESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; TRIGLYCERIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952496155     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181c9216b     Document Type: Article

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