Leisure time physical activities and dietary quality of the general and indigenous taiwanese populations are associated with fat distribution and sarcopenia

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 599-613

  Chiang, Po Huang ^a,b,c   Wahlqvist, Mark L ^a,d,e   Huang, Lin Yuan ^a   Chang, Yen Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body composition; Energy expenditure; Exercise; Muscle; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OBESITY; SARCOPENIA; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; POPULATION GROUPS; SARCOPENIA; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TAIWAN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84890078104     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.2013.22.4.19     Document Type: Article

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