Total, resting, and activity-related energy expenditures are similar in Caucasian and African-American children

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 274, Issue 2 37-2, 1998, Pages

  Sun, Min ^a   Gower, Barbara A ^a   Nagy, Tim R ^a   Trowbridge, Chris A ^a   Dezenberg, Carl ^a   Goran, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Childhood obesity; Ethnicity; Fat mass; Fat free mass

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT; CHILD; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031952216     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1998.274.2.e232     Document Type: Article

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