Trends in body fat, body mass index and physical fitness among male and female college students

Nutrients

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1075-1085

  Pribis, Peter ^a   Burtnack, Carol A ^a   Mckenzie, Sonya O ^a   Thayer, Jerome ^a  

^a ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; body fat; Obesity; Physical fitness; Students; Vo2max levels

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

EID: 79952051432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu2101075     Document Type: Article

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