Defining Body Fatness in Adolescents: A Proposal of the Afad-A Classification

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Bibiloni, María del Mar ^a,b   Pons, Antoni ^a,b   Tur, Josep A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADIPOSITY AND FAT DISTRIBUTION FOR ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL OBESITY TASK FORCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84873540109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055849     Document Type: Article

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