Resting metabolic rate of Indian Junior Soccer players: Testing agreement between measured versus selected predictive equations

ConclusionsFFM explained variation in RMR across age and sex. The FFM‐based Soares et al. (, British Journal of Nutrition, 79) equation for girls and body weight‐based Wong et al. (, Singapore Medical Journal, 53) equation for boys are best suited for predicting RMR.

Source: American Journal of Human Biology - September 30, 2017 Category: Biology Authors: Keren Susan Cherian, Faaiza Shahkar, Ashok Sainoji, Nagalla Balakrishna, Venkata Ramana Yagnambhatt Tags: SHORT REPORT Source Type: research