Unexpectedly low levels of energy expenditure in healthy women.
A new method for measuring total energy expenditure (TEE) with stable isotopically labelled water (2H218O) was used to measure average daily energy expenditure over 14-21 day periods in 12 healthy women following their normal activity patterns. TEE expressed as a multiple of basal metabolic rate (TEE/BMR) averaged only 1 X 38 +/- 0 X 04. This result is at variance with the widely held assumption that minimum maintenance requirements are 1 X 5 times BMR.
Prentice
A M
AM
Coward
W A
WA
Davies
H L
HL
Murgatroyd
P R
PR
Black
A E
AE
Goldberg
G R
GR
Ashford
J
J
Sawyer
M
M
Whitehead
R G
RG
D000328:Adult; D001481:Basal Metabolism; D002151:Calorimetry; D002149:Energy Intake; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010103:Oxygen Isotopes
D010103:Oxygen Isotopes