Changes in total and central adiposity and body fat distribution among 7-10-year-old schoolchildren in Brazil

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2105-2114

  Leal, Danielle Biazzi ^a   De Assis, Maria Alice Altenburg ^a   González Chica, David Alejandro ^a   Da Costa, Filipe Ferreira ^a   De Andrade, Dalton Francisco ^a   Lobo, Adriana Soares ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adiposity; BMI; Children; Skinfold thickness; Waist circumference; Waist to height ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

ADIPOSITY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 84937161782     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014002857     Document Type: Article

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