Energy expenditure comparison: A pilot study of standing instead of sitting at work for obesity prevention

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 283-284

  Speck, Rebecca M ^a   Schmitz, Kathryn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Kcal; METs; Obesity prevention

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; BODY MASS; CALORIMETRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SITTING; STANDING; WORK;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTURE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79952727313     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.02.002     Document Type: Letter

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