Basal metabolism of weight-stable chronically undernourished men and women: Lack of metabolic adaptation and ethnic differences

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1086-1093

  Ferro Luzzi, Anna ^a   Petracchi, Cristina ^b   Kuriyan, Rebecca ^b   Kurpad, Anura V ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Chronic energy deficiency; Ethnicity; Metabolic adaptation; Predictive equations; Tropical populations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREDICTION; TROPICS;

EID: 0030786261     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/66.5.1086     Document Type: Article

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