Changes in adiposity status from childhood to adolescence: A 6-year longitudinal study in Portuguese boys and girls

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 520-528

  Leitão, Raquel ^a,b   Rodrigues, Luãs Paulo ^a,c   Neves, Luãsa ^a   Carvalho, Graça Simões ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c RESEARCH CENTER IN SPORTS SCIENCES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

adolescence; childhood; longitudinal study; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE STRUCTURE; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FAT; HEALTH RISK; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; OBESITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 79959528689     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2011.571220     Document Type: Article

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