Children are not like other loads: a cross-cultural perspective on the influence of burdens and companionship on human walking

A major portion of humans’ activity-based energy expenditure is taken up by locomotion, particularly walking. Walking behaviors have energetic outcomes and as such can be important windows into how populations and groups adjust to different environmental and task constraints. While sex differences i...

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Main Authors: Leah Bouterse, Cara Wall-Scheffler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-09-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/5547.pdf