Assumptions used in measurements of energy metabolism.
The knowledge that the chemical burning of nutrients and the oxidation of nutrients in animals were similar energy-releasing processes laid the foundations for the study of energy metabolism by direct and indirect calorimetry. The early development of calorimetry and its pioneers will be reviewed.
Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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