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- Title
Do African American Women Require Fewer Calories to Maintain Weight?: Results From a Controlled Feeding Trial.
- Authors
Brewer, LaPrincess C.; Miller, Edgar R.; Appel, Lawrence J.; Anderson, Cheryl A. M.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study aimed at evaluating whether caloric intake differs by race. The study sought to test the hypothesis that owing to a lower resting metabolic rate (RMR) African American (AA) women would require fewer calories to maintain weight as compared to non-AA women. According to the results AA women do not require fewer calories to maintain weight. The view that AA women are at greater risk for obesity because of differences in caloric needs is not supported.
- Subjects
MARYLAND; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLACK people; BLOOD pressure; BODY weight; CHI-squared test; CLINICAL trials; ALCOHOL drinking; GOODNESS-of-fit tests; HEALTH behavior; HYPERTENSION; INGESTION; LONGITUDINAL method; MEDICAL cooperation; MULTIVARIATE analysis; NUTRITIONAL assessment; NUTRITIONAL requirements; RACE; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; T-test (Statistics); WHITE people; WOMEN'S health; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; BODY mass index; LIFESTYLES; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 2012, Vol 27, Issue 4, p561
- ISSN
0884-5336
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1177/0884533612445072