Patterns of body size and adiposity among UK children of South Asian, black African-Caribbean and white European origin: Child Heart And health Study in England (CHASE study)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-44

  Nightingale, Claire M ^a   Rudnicka, Alicja R ^a   Owen, Chris G ^a   Cook, Derek G ^a   Whincup, Peter H ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adiposity; African Caribbean; Body mass index; Ethnicity; Obesity; South Asian

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNICITY; HEIGHT; OBESITY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SURVEY; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOUTH ASIA; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952064001     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq180     Document Type: Article

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