Are the feet of obese children fat or flat Revisiting the debate

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-120

  Riddiford Harland, D L ^a   Steele, J R ^a   Baur, L A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

arch height; children; fat pad; foot structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLATFOOT; FOOT; FOOT PAD; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; OBESITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THICKNESS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOOT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OBESITY; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 78651268933     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2010.119     Document Type: Article

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