Metabolic propensity toward obesity in black vs white females: Responses during rest, exercise and recovery

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 455-462

  Chitwood, L F ^a   Brown, S P ^a   Lundy, M J ^a   Dupper, Ma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Black and white females; Energy efficiency; Insulin; Obesity; Oxygen consumption; RER

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REST; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; REST; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029967750     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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