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Adiposity in children and adolescents: correlates and clinical consequences of fat stored in specific body depots.
Pediatric obesity - 1 Oct 2012
Katzmarzyk P T, Shen W, Baxter-Jones A, Bell J D, Butte N F, Demerath E W, Gilsanz V, Goran M I, Hirschler V, Hu H H, Maffeis C, Malina R M, Müller M J, Pietrobelli A, Wells J C K
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The 2011 Pennington Biomedical Research Center's Scientific Symposium focused on adiposity in children and adolescents. The symposium was attended by 15 speakers and other invited experts. The specific objectives of the symposium were to (i) integrate the latest published and unpublished findings on the laboratory and clinical assessment of depot-specific adiposity in children and adolescents, (ii) understand the...
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