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Mechanical efficiency of normal-weight prepubertal boys predisposed to obesity.
Medicine and science in sports and exercise - 1 Apr 2004
Weinstein Yitzhak, Kamerman Tamir, Berry Elliot, Falk Bareket
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To compare 1) energy expenditure during rest and during submaximal exercise, and 2) the mechanical efficiency of normal-weight boys liable to obesity with normal-weight boys who are not liable to obesity. METHODS: Two groups of prepubertal boys, aged 9-12 yr were compared, one with both parents of normal weight (NP, 20 < or = BMI < or = 27, N = 20) and the other (N = 20) with one obese parent (OP, BMI >...
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