Micronutrient and anthropometric status indicators are associated with physical fitness in Colombian schoolchildren

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1832-1842

  Arsenault, Joanne E ^a   Mora Plazas, Mercedes ^b   Forero, Yibby ^c   Lopez Arana, Sandra ^b   Jáuregui, Germán ^d   Baylin, Ana ^e   Gordon, Paul M ^f   Villamor, Eduardo ^a,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Laboratorio Biotecnologico   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic performance; Micronutrients; Overweight; Stunting

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANAEROBIC EXERCISE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; JUMPING; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79958769351     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510005647     Document Type: Article

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