The effect of obesity, age, puberty and gender on resting metabolic rate in children and adolescents

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 376-381

  Molnar D ^a   Schutz, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

childhood obesity; fat mass; fat free mass; resting metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY COMPOSITION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0030891647     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050618     Document Type: Article

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