Raised Adolescent Body Mass Index Predicts the Development of Adiposity and a Central Distribution of Body Fat in Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study | Zendy

Angela M. Craigie | Zendy; J. N. S. Matthews | Zendy; A J Rugg-Gunn | Zendy; Amelia A. Lake | Zendy; John C. Mathers | Zendy; Ashley Adamson | Zendy

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Raised Adolescent Body Mass Index Predicts the Development of Adiposity and a Central Distribution of Body Fat in Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study

Author(s) -

Angela M. Craigie,

J. N. S. Matthews,

A J Rugg-Gunn,

Amelia A. Lake,

John C. Mathers,

Ashley Adamson

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

obesity facts

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.398

H-Index - 45

eISSN - 1662-4033

pISSN - 1662-4025

DOI - 10.1159/000218092

Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , waist , anthropometry , obesity , demography , circumference , waist–hip ratio , prospective cohort study , longitudinal study , cohort , waist to height ratio , overweight , body adiposity index , classification of obesity , fat mass , geometry , mathematics , pathology , sociology

To test the hypothesis that adolescent body mass index (BMI) tracks into adulthood and can be used as a predictor of obesity and/or central adiposity in adulthood.

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