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Energy expenditure, body composition, and disease risk in children and adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2008

Micheal I. Goran
Micheal I. Goran
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The Energy Metabolism Research Unit, Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 56 , Issue 1B , March 1997 , pp. 195 - 209
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