Alterations in body weight and composition consequent to 20 wk of endurance training: The HERITAGE Family Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 346-352

  Wilmore, Jack H ^a   Després, Jean Pierre ^b   Stanforth, Philip R ^b   Mandel, Stephen ^b   Rice, Treva ^b   Gagnon, Jacques ^b   Leon, Arthur S ^b   Rao, D C ^b   Skinner, James S ^b   Bouchard, Claude ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body composition; Endurance training; Fat mass; Fat free mass; HERITAGE Family Study; Obesity; Skinfold thicknesses; Visceral fat; Weight control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032838231     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/70.3.346     Document Type: Article

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