Body composition changes during the first two years of university

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-22

  Gropper, Sareen S ^a   Newton, Anna ^a   Harrington, Paul ^a   Simmons, Karla P ^a   Connell, Lenda Jo ^a   Ulrich, Pamela ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat gain; College students; Sophomore year; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650550785     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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