Prognostics (Race Studies)
Metabolic Predictors of Obesity Differ Between Black Women and White Women
Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 1st, 1999
B.J. Nicklas, Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center, and colleagues looked at resting metabolic rate (RMR), fat oxidation, and maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max ) as predictors of obesity in obese (BMI = 34 ± 2 kg/m2), postmenopausal, black women (n=20) and white women (n=20). Study subjects were matched for fat mass and lean mass.
Nicklas et al. published their findings in Obesity Research ("Racial Differences in Metabolic Predictors of Obesity among Postmenopausal Women," Obesity...
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