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.
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Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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