Ethnic and sex differences in visceral, subcutaneous, and total body fat in children and adolescents

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1251-1255

  Staiano, A E ^a   Broyles, S T ^a   Gupta, A K ^a   Katzmarzyk, P T ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 84881376440     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20210     Document Type: Article

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