The measurement of resting metabolic rate in preschool children

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1930-1932

  Jackson, Diane M ^a   Pace, Lucienne ^b   Speakman, John R ^c  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Promotion Department   (Malta)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Preschool children; Resting metabolic rate; Total energy expenditure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BASAL METABOLISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34548625913     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.230     Document Type: Article

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