Body fatness or anthropometry for assessment of unhealthy weight status? Comparison between methods in South African children and adolescents

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2005-2013

  Craig, Eva ^a,b   Reilly, John ^a,c   Bland, Ruth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Bio impedance; Overnutrition; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; OVERWEIGHT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; THINNESS;

EID: 84885588869     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012004338     Document Type: Article

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