High resting metabolic rate among Amazonian forager-horticulturalists experiencing high pathogen burden

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 414-425

  Gurven, Michael D ^a   Trumble, Benjamin C ^a   Stieglitz, Jonathan ^b   Yetish, Gandhi ^c   Cummings, Daniel ^c   Blackwell, Aaron D ^a   Beheim, Bret ^c   Kaplan, Hillard S ^c   Pontzer, Herman ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

costs of infection; energetic expenditure; maintenance costs; resting metabolic rate; resting metabolic rate (RMR); Tsimane

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FORAGER; HELMINTH; HORTICULTURALIST; HUMAN; INDIRECT CALORIMETRY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PATHOGEN LOAD; RESTING METABOLIC RATE; TOTAL ENERGY EXPENDITURE; TSIMANE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; AMERICAN INDIAN; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BOLIVIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; HELMINTHIASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BASAL METABOLISM; BOLIVIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992448617     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23040     Document Type: Article

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