The energy cost of repleting tissue deficits during recovery from protein-energy malnutrition.
Five children with protein-energy malnutrition were were treated with a high calorie, high protein diet and the energy cost of growth in body weight and muscle mass were calculated. Energy expenditures correlated statistically with increases in muscle mass, estimated by [15N]creatine kinetics, but not with gains in body weight.
D001823:Body Composition; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003401:Creatine / Q000378:metabolism; D002149:Energy Intake; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D024510:Muscle Development; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000378:metabolism*
D003401:Creatine