Publications by authors named "Ramon A Durazo-Arvizut"
Energy expenditure and adiposity in Nigerian and African-American women.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
September 2008
Article Synopsis
- Obesity is a growing issue in industrialized societies, prompting a study to compare resting energy expenditure (REE) and active energy expenditure (AEE) in women from rural Nigeria and metropolitan Chicago.
- The study involved 149 Nigerian and 172 African-American women, where it was found that Nigerian women had lower body size measurements, but higher adjusted total energy expenditure (TEE) and REE. AEE levels did not show significant differences between the two groups.
- The findings suggest that AEE may not be as crucial in the development of obesity as previously thought, although the impact of the type and duration of activities on energy expenditure remains a possibility that needs further exploration.