Food and macronutrient intake of male adolescent Kalenjin runners in Kenya

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 711-717

  Christensen, Dirk L ^a   Van Hall, Gerrit ^b   Hambraeus, Leif ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Diet; Essential amino acids; Fat; Protein; Runners

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; FAT; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY WEIGHT; ENDURANCE; ENERGY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; KENYA; KIDNEY; MAIZE; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FABACEAE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; ZEA MAYS;

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS; ELAGATIS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036951184     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2002728     Document Type: Article

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