Ethnic differences in subcutaneous adiposity and waist girth in children and adolescents.

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Published in Obesity (Silver Spring) on April 23, 2009

Authors

Susan B Sisson1, Peter T Katzmarzyk, Sathanur R Srinivasan, Wei Chen, David S Freedman, Claude Bouchard, Gerald S Berenson

Author Affiliations

1: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Bogalusa Heart Study | NCT00005129

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