Body mass index and percentage of body fat as indicators for obesity in an adolescent athletic population

Sports Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-252

  Etchison, William C ^a   Bloodgood, Elizabeth A ^b   Minton, Cholly P ^c   Thompson, Nancy J ^d   Collins, Mary Ann ^a,e   Hunter, Stephen C ^a,e   Dai, Hongying ^e  

^a HUGHSTON CLINIC   (United States)

^b Lanier Health Services   (United States)

^c Hughston Sports Medicine Foundation   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Body mass index; Obesity; Skinfold

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051723550     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738111404655     Document Type: Article

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