Fat and lean BMI reference curves in children and adolescents and their utility in identifying excess adiposity compared with BMI and percentage body fat

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-56

  Weber, David R ^a   Moore, Reneé H ^b,c   Leonard, Mary B ^a,b   Zemel, Babette S ^a,d  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879443395     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.053611     Document Type: Article

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