Relationship between BMI and body fatness in three European countries

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 254-258

  Ramel, A ^a   Halldorsson, T I ^a   Tryggvadottir, E A ^e   Martinez, J A ^b   Kiely, M ^c   Bandarra, N M ^d   Thorsdottir, I ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agraria e das Pescas   (Portugal)

^e NONE

Author keywords

anthropometry; BMI; body fat; country difference; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ICELAND; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; IRELAND; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; IRELAND; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875222390     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2013.6     Document Type: Article

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