Body fat and racial genetic admixture are associated with aerobic fitness levels in a multiethnic pediatric population

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2222-2227

  Willig, Amanda L ^a,b   Hunter, Gary R ^a   Casazza, Krista ^a   Heimburger, Douglas C ^c   Beasley, T Mark ^a   Fernandez, Jose R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; AEROBIC FITNESS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIMETRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENDER; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HISPANIC AMERICAN; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBERTY; RACIAL GENETIC ADMIXTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TREADMILL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 80055044930     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.109     Document Type: Article

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