Temporal divergence of percent body fat and body mass index in pre-teenage children: The LOOK longitudinal study

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 448-454

  Telford, R D ^a,b   Cunningham, R B ^c   Abhayaratna, W P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BMI; childhood obesity; DEXA; public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRE ADOLESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; AUSTRALIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; AUSTRALIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84928102556     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2013.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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