Body phenotypes and sexual maturation in Brazilian and US adolescents: evidence for a change in BMI category.

Jessica Cumpian SilvaAna Elisa Madalena RinaldiFrancisco de Assis Guedes VasconcelosMaria Alice Altenburg AssisCamila Medeiros MazzetiMariane Helen de OliveiraWolney Lisboa Conde

Published in: Public health nutrition (2020)

We highlighted independence observed between biochemical parameters, anthropometry, body composition and sexual maturation. BP may support the calculation of scores for diagnosis of obesity based on anthropometric variables and overcome ambiguity in the isolated use of BMI.

Keyphrases

body composition
weight gain
body mass index
resistance training
bone mineral density
young adults
mental health
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
type diabetes
weight loss
high fat diet induced