The relationship between visceral fat thickness and bone mineral density in sedentary obese children and adolescents

BACKGROUND: Among adults, obesity has been positively related to bone mineral density. However, recent findings have pointed out that abdominal obesity could be negatively related to bone density. The above mentioned relationship is not clear among pediatric populations. Therefore, this cross-sectio...

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Main Authors: Júnior, Ismael Forte Freitas, Cardoso, Jefferson Rosa, Christofaro, Diego G Destro, Codogno, Jamile Sanches, de Moraes, Augusto César Ferreira, Fernandes, Rômulo Araújo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3606829/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23510224
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-13-37
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