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Original Articles Body composition and resting metabolic rate of Japanese college Sumo wrestlers and non-athlete students: are Sumo wrestlers obese? TARO YAMAUCHI, TAKASHI ABE, TAISHI MIDORIKAWA, MASAKATSU KONDO Author information
  • TARO YAMAUCHI

    Department of Human Ecology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo

  • TAKASHI ABE

    Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University

  • TAISHI MIDORIKAWA

    Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University

  • MASAKATSU KONDO

    Department of Exercise Physiology, Nihon University

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ORCID Keywords: obesity, Sumo wrestler, body mass index (BMI), percent body fat, resting metabolic rate (RMR) JOURNAL FREE ACCESS FULL-TEXT HTML

2004 Volume 112 Issue 2 Pages 179-185

DOI https://doi.org/10.1537/ase.040210 View "Advance Publication" version (June 29, 2004). Details
  • Published: 2004 Received: February 10, 2004 Available on J-STAGE: August 11, 2004 Accepted: March 31, 2004 Advance online publication: June 29, 2004 Revised: -

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