Relationship between fat distribution and cardiometabolic risk in Hispanic girls

Objective In adults, certain body fat depots have greater impact on cardiometabolic risk than total adiposity. Whether similar relationships exist in children is uncertain. The aim of this study was to examine the relationships among dual x‐ray absorptiometry (DXA) measures of body fat distribution and total body adiposity with cardiometabolic risk factors in Hispanic girls. Methods Measures of total percent body fat, percent of total fat within...