Energy expenditure in young adult urban informal settlement dwellers in South Africa

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 805-807

  Dugas, L R ^a   Carstens, M A ^b   Ebersole, K ^a   Schoeller, D A ^c   Durazo Arvizu, R A ^a   Lambert, E V ^b   Luke, A ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ACTIVITY ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLY LABELED WATER TECHNIQUE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FAT FREE MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFUGEE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TOTAL ENERGY EXPENDITURE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67549117191     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2008.75     Document Type: Article

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