Asian Ethnicity is Associated With a Higher Trunk/Peripheral Fat Ratio in Women and Adolescent Girls

BACKGROUND: Ethnic differences in body fat mass and distribution may develop in childhood and contribute to increased obesity-related disease risk among Asians. We used dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to evaluate adiposity measures among adult women and their adolescent daughters, who were of...

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Autores principales: Morimoto, Yukiko, Maskarinec, Gertraud, Conroy, Shannon M., Lim, Unhee, Shepherd, John, Novotny, Rachel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Epidemiological Association 2012
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3798591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22327117
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20110100

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3798591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22327117
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20110100

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