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SUBMITTER: Dugas LR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2467388 | biostudies-literature | 2008
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of pediatric obesity : IJPO : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity 20080101 2
We assessed activity energy expenditure (AEE) in Mexican-American (MA) and European-American (EA) children. Total energy expenditure (TEE) was measured using the doubly-labeled water method; AEE was calculated as the difference between TEE and resting EE (REE), and physical activity level (PAL) was calculated as TEE/REE. Groups were comparable for age, sex and body mass index (BMI). REE did not differ between groups. The boys did not differ in TEE, AEE, or PAL (MA vs. EA, respectively: TEE, 7.9+ ...[more]