Differences in resting metabolic rate between obese black and white women
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Low fitness partially explains resting metabolic rate differences between African American and white women.
BACKGROUND High levels of obesity among African American women have been hypothesized to be partially resultant from a lower resting metabolic rate compared with white women. The aim of the current study was to determine if differences in cardiorespiratory fitness and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity are associated with differences in resting metabolic rate among free-living young adult A...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0002-9165,1938-3207
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/67.4.740