Relationship between body mass index and body fat in children - Age and gender differences

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Srdić, Biljana ^a   Obradović, Borislav ^b   Dimitrić, Goran ^b   Stokić, Edita ^c   Babović, Siniša S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b Faculty of Sports and Physical Education   (Serbia)

^c Clinical Centre of Vojvodina   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Adiposity; BMI; Children; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

AGE DIFFERENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SERBIA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84859423969     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: 18780318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2011.08.153     Document Type: Article

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