Body composition and resting metabolic rate of Japanese college Sumo wrestlers and non-athlete students: Are Sumo wrestlers obese?

Anthropological Science

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-185

  Yamauchi, Taro ^a   Abe, Takashi ^b   Midorikawa, Taishi ^b   Kondo, Masakatsu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Obesity; Percent body fat; Resting metabolic rate (RMR); Sumo wrestler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WRESTLING;

EID: 9144265781     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.040210     Document Type: Article

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