Aerobic Capacity, Activity Levels and Daily Energy Expenditure in Male and Female Adolescents of the Kenyan Nandi Sub-Group

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Gibson, Alexander R ^a   Ojiambo, Robert ^a,b   Konstabel, Kenn ^a,c   Lieberman, Daniel E ^d   Reilly, John J ^a   Speakman, John R ^e,f   Pitsiladis, Yannis P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; KENYA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDURANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ETHNOLOGY; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; KENYA; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 84879272309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066552     Document Type: Article

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