Excess body fat in obese and normal-weight subjects

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 150-161

  Thomas, E Louise ^a   Frost, Gary ^a   Taylor Robinson, Simon D ^b   Bell, Jimmy D ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Body fat distribution; Metabolic phenotypes; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PHENOTYPE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84863704753     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: 14752700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954422412000054     Document Type: Review

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