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Peer reviewedAyub, Beatriz Volpe; Bar-Or, Oded – Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2003
Compared the energy cost of treadmill walking in pairs of obese and lean adolescent boys matched for total body mass. Results found no intergroup differences in the net energy cost at the two lower speeds, but obese boys expended more energy at a higher speed. Heart rate was considerably higher in obese boys. Body mass, rather than adiposity, was…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Composition, Exercise Physiology, Foreign Countries
