Ability of the Harris-Benedict formula to predict energy requirements differs with weight history and ethnicity

Nutrition Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 194-199

  Douglas, Crystal C ^a   Lawrence, Jeannine C ^a   Bush, Nikki C ^a   Oster, Robert A ^a,b   Gower, Barbara A ^a   Darnell, Betty E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Harris Benedict; Overweight; Resting energy expenditure; Weight change; Women

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIMETRY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34047270613     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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