Defining anthropometric cut-off levels related to metabolic risk in a group of Sri Lankan children

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 537-543

  Wickramasinghe, V P ^a   Lamabadusuriya, S P ^a   Cleghorn, G J ^b   Davies, P S W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

BMI cut off; fat mass; Hattori chart; Sri Lankan children; waist circumference cut off

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; DILUTION; FAT RESERVE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; OBESITY; THRESHOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SRI LANKA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SRI LANKA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 80051778849     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2011.573505     Document Type: Article

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