Basal metabolic rate studies in humans: Measurement and development of new equations

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 7 A, 2005, Pages 1133-1152

  Henry, C J K ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Body mass index; Energy metabolism; Energy requirements; Universal validity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ITALY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASAL METABOLISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33144468325     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005801     Document Type: Review

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