MedGem hand-held indirect calorimeter is valid for resting energy expenditure measurement in healthy children

Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1755-1761

  Fields, David A ^a,b   Kearney, Jay T ^c   Copeland, Kenneth C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Childrens Medical Research Institute   (Australia)

^c Human Performance Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Delta trac II; Resting energy expenditure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; CALORIMETRY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY MASS INDEX; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33846820310     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2006.202     Document Type: Article

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