Metabolic equivalents of task are confounded by adiposity, which disturbs objective measurement of physical activity

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue Aug, 2015, Pages

  Tompuri, Tuomo T ^a,b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Energy expenditure; Intensity; Lean mass; MET; Metabolic equivalent; PAEE; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY SIZE; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; METABOLIC EQUIVALENTS OF TASK; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84940882186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00226     Document Type: Short Survey

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