Body composition, resting metabolic rate, and energy requirements of short- and normal-stature, low-income guatemalan children

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 406-412

  Wren, Renee E ^b   Blume, Heidi ^b   Mazariegos, Manolo ^b   Solomons, Noel ^b   Alvarez, Jose O ^b   Goran, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body composition; Children; Doubly labeled water; Energy expenditure; Guatemala; Indirect calorimetry; Resting metabolic rate; Stunting; Total body water

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CALORIMETRY; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MALE; SHORT STATURE; TOTAL BODY WATER;

EID: 0030840817     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/66.2.406     Document Type: Article

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