Age, sex, ethnicity, body composition, and resting energy expenditure of obese African American and white children and adolescents

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 867-871

  Tershakovec, Andrew M ^a   Kuppler, Kerri M ^a   Zemel, Babette ^a   Stallings, Virginia A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African Americans; Body composition; Children; Energy expenditure; Ethnicity; Lean tissue mass; Obesity; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CALORIMETRY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

PIERINAE;

EID: 0036231288     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/75.5.867     Document Type: Article

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