Scaling Vo2 peak in obese and non-obese girls

Obesity Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 290-296

  Loftin, Mark ^c   Sothern, Melinda ^a,b   Trosclair, Laura ^d   O'Hanlon, Ann ^d   Miller, James ^d   Udall, John ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Absolute peak oxygen uptake; Allometric scaling; Normal weight girls; Overweight girls; Peak oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CHILD; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0035349962     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2001.36     Document Type: Article

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