Assessment of total and central adiposity in Canadian Aboriginal children and their Caucasian peers

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 342-350

  Anderson, Kristal D ^a,b   Baxter Jones, Adam D G ^b   Faulkner, Robert A ^b   Muhajarine, Nazeem ^b   Henry, Carol J ^c   Chad, Karen E ^b  

^a CAMOSUN COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Canadian; Central adiposity; Children; Ethnicity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AMERICAN INDIAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; ETHNOLOGY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREVALENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77954777800     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477160903473721     Document Type: Article

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