An assessment of the impact of South Asian ethnicity on body composition, dimensions and proportions in children and adolescents, and their potential for risk of metabolic syndrome
South Asians (SA) are a high-risk group for cardiometabolic disease, which is partly attributed, to their ‘thin-fat’ body composition (BC) phenotype. Generally, SAs have a higher % fat mass (FM) and less skeletal muscle mass (SMM), together with a more abdominal distribution of body fat, compared wi...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1152/1/ShahMahjabeen%20-%20PhD%20Final%20Thesis.pdf |