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Fat oxidation in black and white youth: a metabolic phenotype potentially predisposing black girls to obesity.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Nov 2008
Lee Sojung, Arslanian Silva A
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INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of obesity is higher in Blacks with racial divergence in adiposity in girls starting during adolescence. Our hypothesis is that in Black children, puberty associated increase in fat oxidation is diminished and could play a role in predisposing to fat accretion trigger...
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