Open AccessAnthropometric indicators of body composition in young adults: relation to size at birth and serial measurements of body mass index in childhood in the New Delhi birth cohort
Author(s) -
Harshpal Singh Sachdev,
Caroline Fall,
Clive Osmond,
Lakshmy Ramakrishnan,
Sushant K Dey Biswas,
Sam Leary,
K. Srinath Reddy,
David J.P. Barker,
Santosh K. Bhargava
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn.82.2.456
Subject(s) - anthropometry , body mass index , medicine , demography , cohort , cohort study , pediatrics , endocrinology , sociology
South Asians have a muscle-thin but adipose body phenotype and high rates of obesity-related disease. Adult body composition may be predictable in early life.
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