Waist circumference measurement site does not affect relationships with visceral adiposity and cardiometabolic risk factors in children

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 199-206

  Harrington, D M ^a   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

Abdominal adiposity; Anthropometry; Cardiometabolic risk factors; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHILD; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84885206896     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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