Resting metabolic rate and anthropometry in older people: A comparison of measured and calculated values

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 72-84

  Reidlinger, D P ^a   Willis, J M ^a   Whelan, K ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body weight; Energy requirements; Indirect calorimetry; Older people; Prediction equations

Indexed keywords

AGED; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIRECT CALORIMETRY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84921775787     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jhn.12215     Document Type: Article

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