Establishing energy requirements for body weight maintenance: validation of an intake-balance method

Establishing energy requirements for body weight maintenance: validation of an intake-balance method

Abstract Background Experimentally establishing a group’s body weight maintenance energy requirement is an important component of metabolism research. At present, the reference approach for measuring the metabolizable energy intake (MEI) from foods required for body weight maintenance in non-confine...

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Main Authors: Steven B. Heymsfield, Courtney M. Peterson, Diana M. Thomas, Michael Hirezi, Bo Zhang, Steven Smith, George Bray, Leanne Redman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Proof study
Metabolic rate
Food intake
Energy expenditure
Doubly-labeled water
Energy balance
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-2546-4

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