Obesity-Related Metabolic Risk in Sedentary Hispanic Adolescent Girls with Normal BMI
Hispanic adolescent girls with normal BMI frequently have high body fat %. Without knowledge of body fat content and distribution, their risk for metabolic complications is unknown. We measured metabolic risk indicators and abdominal fat distribution in post-pubertal Hispanic adolescent girls with N...
Main Authors: | Gert-Jan van der Heijden, Zhiyue J. Wang, Zili D. Chu, Morey Haymond, Pieter J. J. Sauer, Agneta L. Sunehag |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-06-01
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Series: | Children |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/5/6/79 |
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