Can Racial Differences in Resting Metabolic Rate be Explained by Body Composition?
2016
Jesus I Avila, and
Bennett K Ng, and
Lisa Kotowski, and
Benjamin J Hinton, and
John Shepherd
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
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MeSH Term
Description
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D001823
Body Composition
The relative amounts of various components in the body, such as percentage of body fat.
Body Compositions,Composition, Body,Compositions, Body
D001481
Basal Metabolism
Metabolism (e.g., heat production) of an organism in an inactive, awake, fasting state. It may be determined directly by means of a calorimeter or indirectly by calculating the end products of oxidation within the organism or from the amount of oxygen utilized.