Body-composition differences between African American and white women: Relation to resting energy requirements

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 780-786

  Jones Jr , Alfredo ^a   Shen, Wei ^a   St Onge, Marie Pierre ^a   Gallagher, Dympna ^a   Heshka, Stanley ^a   Wang, ZiMian ^a   Heymsfield, Steven B ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy requirements; Nutritional assessment; Obesity; Resting metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE TISSUE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY RESOURCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADULT; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BONE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; COHORT STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2442474007     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/79.5.780     Document Type: Article

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