Anthropometric indicators as predictors of total body fat and cardiometabolic risk factors in Chilean children at 4, 7 and 10 years of age.

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Published in Eur J Clin Nutr on November 09, 2016

Authors

F D Vásquez1, C L Corvalán1, R E Uauy1,2, J A Kain1

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
2: The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

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