Differences in resting metabolic rates of inactive obese African-American and Caucasian women

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-221

  Forman, J N ^a   Miller, W C ^a,b   Szymanski, L M ^a   Fernhall, B ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Caucasian women; Metabolic rate; Metabolism; Obesity; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY; CAUCASIAN; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031890808     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800569     Document Type: Article

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