Body composition and resting metabolic rate of Japanese college Sumo wrestlers and non-athlete students: are Sumo wrestlers obese?

Anthropological Science

Online ISSN : 1348-8570
Print ISSN : 0918-7960
ISSN-L : 0918-7960

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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

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Keywords: obesity, Sumo wrestler, body mass index (BMI), percent body fat, resting metabolic rate (RMR)

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2004 Volume 112 Issue 2 Pages 179-185

DOI https://doi.org/10.1537/ase.040210

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