Body fat percentiles for German children and adolescents

Obesity Facts

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-90

  Plachta Danielzik, Sandra ^a   Gehrke, Marie Isabel ^a   Kehden, Britta ^a   Kromeyer Hauschild, Katrin ^b   Grillenberger, Monika ^c   Willhöft, Corinna ^c   Bosy Westphal, Anja ^a   Müller, Manfred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Fat mass; Percentiles

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84863416407     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336780     Document Type: Article

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