Association of dietary energy density in childhood with age and body fatness at the onset of the pubertal growth spurt

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-349

  Günther, Anke L B ^a   Stahl, Lisa J ^a,b   Buyken, Anette E ^b   Kroke, Anja ^a  

^a FULDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMI; Children; Energy density; Puberty

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; DIETARY ENERGY DENSITY; DIETARY FIBER; FAT MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEASUREMENT; MENARCHE; MILK; PREPUBERTY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SCHOOL CHILD; DIET; GROWTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSITY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIET RECORDS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052915395     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511001772     Document Type: Article

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