Effects of familial predisposition to obesity on energy expenditure in multiethnic prepubertal girls

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 893-900

  Treuth, Margarita S ^a,b   Butte, Nancy F ^a   Wong, William W ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Calorimetry; Doubly labeled water; Energy expenditure; Energy metabolism; Obesity; Parental leanness; Parental obesity; Physical activity level; Prepubertal girls

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIMETRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PARENT; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT;

EID: 0034106565     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/71.4.893     Document Type: Article

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