Are under-and overweight female elite athletes thin and fat? A controlled study

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 949-957

  Torstveit, Monica Klungland ^a   Sundgot Borgen, Jorunn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

body composition; body fat content; body mass index; fat percentage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OBESITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETES; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 84859915573     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31823fe4ef     Document Type: Article

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