Distribution of obesity-related metabolic markers among 5-15 year old children from an urban area of Sri Lanka

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-174

  Wickramasinghe, V P ^a   Arambepola, C ^b   Bandara, P ^a   Abeysekera, M ^a   Kuruppu, S ^a   Dilshan, P ^a   Dissanayake, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Fat mass; Metabolic markers; Metabolic syndrome; South Asian population; Sri Lankan children

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT; GLUCOSE; HEALTH IMPACT; HYPERTENSION; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SRI LANKA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SRI LANKA; URBAN POPULATION;

COLOMBO [WESTERN PROVINCE]; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; WESTERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA];

EID: 84875741551     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2012.753109     Document Type: Article

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