Differences in body composition and metabolic status between white UK and Asian Indian children (EarlyBird 24 and the Pune Maternal Nutrition Study)

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 347-354

  Lakshmi, S ^a   Metcalf, B ^a   Joglekar, C ^b   Yajnik, C S ^b   Fall, C H ^c   Wilkin, T J ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body composition; Children; Metabolic status; Transracial

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84867326410     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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