Body frame size in school children is related to the amount of adipose tissue in different depots but not to adipose distribution.

Francisco Javier Guzmán-de la GarzaAlejandra E González AyalaMarisol Gómez NavaLeislie I Martínez MonsiváisAna M Salinas MartínezErik Ramírez LópezAlvaro Mathiew QuirósFrancisco Garcia Quintanilla

Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2017)

Body frame size in school children was related to the amount of adipose tissue in different depots, but not adipose distribution. More studies are needed to confirm this relationship and its importance to predict changes in visceral fat deposition during growth.

Keyphrases

adipose tissue
insulin resistance
high fat diet
type diabetes
case control
skeletal muscle