BMI was right all along: Taller children really are fatter (implications of making childhood BMI independent of height) EarlyBird 48

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 541-547

  Metcalf, B S ^a,b   Hosking, J ^a   Fremeaux A E ^a   Jeffery, A N ^a   Voss, L D ^a   Wilkin, T J ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fat; BMI; FMI; height independent; insulin resistance; leptin

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 79954430473     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2010.258     Document Type: Article

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