Body fat percentile curves for Korean children and adolescents: A data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2010

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 443-449

  Kim, Kirang ^a   Yun, Sung Ha ^b   Jang, Myoung Jin ^b   Oh, Kyung Won ^b  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Children and adolescents; DXA; Fat free mass; Fat mass; KNHANES; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; DXA; FAT FREE MASS; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNHANES; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; DXA; FAT FREE MASS; FAT MASS; KNHANES; OVERWEIGHT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84875775300     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.3.443     Document Type: Article

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