Body Composition in Asians and Caucasians: Comparative Analyses and Influences on Cardiometabolic Outcomes

Advances in Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 97-154

  Haldar, Sumanto ^a,b   Chia, Siok Ching ^a,b   Henry, Christiani Jeyakumar ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asians; Body composition; Cardiometabolic disorders risk; Caucasians; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940713821     PISSN: 10434526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.afnr.2015.07.001     Document Type: Chapter

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