Do African-American and Caucasian overweight women differ in oxygen consumption during fixed periods of exercise?

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 949-953

  Jakicic, J M ^a   Lang, W ^b   Wing, R R ^a,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Ethnicity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY BALANCE; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0034978768     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801632     Document Type: Article

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