Body proportionality and adiposity are not related in 6- to 8-year-old Yucatec Maya children.

Alonso Vazquez-Gomez María Luisa Ávila-Escalante Hugo AzcorraMaria Inês Varela-SilvaFederico Dickinson

Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2019)

Our results suggest that the coexistence of short RLL and high body adiposity is not observed in all populations. Our findings do not discount the possibility that a negative association between RLL and adiposity is expressed at older ages.

Keyphrases

insulin resistance
weight gain
young adults
physical activity
type diabetes
adipose tissue
middle aged
body mass index