Is obesity associated with lower body temperatures? Core temperature: a forgotten variable in energy balance

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 871-876

  Landsberg, Lewis ^a,b   Young, James B ^a,b   Leonard, William R ^a,b   Linsenmeier, Robert A ^a,b   Turek, Fred W ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 65549091832     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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