The thin-fat phenotype and global metabolic disease risk

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 542-547

  Kurpad, Anura V ^a   Varadharajan, Kiruba S ^a   Aeberli, Isabelle ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Asian Indian; body fat; body weight; metabolic disease; metabolically obese; thin fat

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; FAT BODY; HUMAN; INDIA; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIGRATION; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 80055003113     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e32834b6e5e     Document Type: Review

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