Racial differences in energy expenditure and aerobic fitness in premenopausal women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 500-506

  Hunter, Gary R ^a   Weinsier, Roland L ^a   Darnell, Betty E ^a   Zuckerman, Paul A ^a   Goran, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic fitness; African American women; Body composition; Energy expenditure; Fat mass; Fat free mass; Lean tissue; Obesity; White women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; METABOLIC REGULATION; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREMENOPAUSE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

PIERINAE;

EID: 0033957207     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/71.2.500     Document Type: Article

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