Body size and human energy requirements: Reduced mass-specific resting energy expenditure in tall adults

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1543-1550

  Heymsfield, Steven B ^a   Childers, Douglas ^b   Beetsch, Joel ^a   Allison, David B ^b   Pietrobelli, Angelo ^c  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body mass index; Obesity; Stature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 35648954555     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00461.2007     Document Type: Article

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