TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of Physical Activity Among Black and White Obese Women
AU - Kushner, Robert F.
AU - Racette, Susan B.
AU - Neil, Karen
AU - Schoeller, Dale A.
PY - 1995/9
Y1 - 1995/9
N2 - Several recent self‐reported surveys have suggested that African‐American women may engage in less leisure‐time physical activity (PA) than whites. Objective measurements of PA have not been performed, however. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the components of energy expenditure, including PA, between black and white obese women. Using the doubly labeled water method, total dairy energy expenditure (TDEE), basalmetabolic rate (BMR), thermic effect of a meal (TEM), and PA were measured in 14 black and 15 white moderately obese women over 2 weeks. No statistically significant differences were seen between the 2 groups in BMR, TEM or TDEE. Mean PA was significantly (p=0.05) lower among black women compared to whites when expressed as MJ. d−1 (3.49 vs. 4.30) or kJ.kg−1.d−1 (37.6 vs. 47.7). Our study supports the survey differences seen in PA among black and white women. 1995 North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO)
AB - Several recent self‐reported surveys have suggested that African‐American women may engage in less leisure‐time physical activity (PA) than whites. Objective measurements of PA have not been performed, however. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the components of energy expenditure, including PA, between black and white obese women. Using the doubly labeled water method, total dairy energy expenditure (TDEE), basalmetabolic rate (BMR), thermic effect of a meal (TEM), and PA were measured in 14 black and 15 white moderately obese women over 2 weeks. No statistically significant differences were seen between the 2 groups in BMR, TEM or TDEE. Mean PA was significantly (p=0.05) lower among black women compared to whites when expressed as MJ. d−1 (3.49 vs. 4.30) or kJ.kg−1.d−1 (37.6 vs. 47.7). Our study supports the survey differences seen in PA among black and white women. 1995 North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO)
KW - basal metabolic rate
KW - body weight
KW - energy expenditure
KW - thermic effect of a meal
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0029363115&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1995.tb00472.x
DO - 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1995.tb00472.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 8581785
AN - SCOPUS:0029363115
SN - 1071-7323
VL - 3
SP - 261s-265s
JO - Obesity research
JF - Obesity research
IS - 2 S
ER -