Open AccessBody fatness and risk for elevated blood pressure, total cholesterol, and serum lipoprotein ratios in children and adolescents.
Author(s) -
DeWayne P. Williams,
S. B. Going,
T. G. Lohman,
D W Harsha,
S R Srinivasan,
Larry S. Webber,
Gerald S. Berenson
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.82.3.358
Subject(s) - medicine , percentile , obesity , blood pressure , body mass index , demography , classification of obesity , risk factor , body fat percentage , endocrinology , physiology , fat mass , mathematics , statistics , sociology
Recent studies have shown considerable variation in body fatness among children and adolescents defined as obese by a percentile rank for skinfold thickness.
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