title: Unexpectedly low levels of energy expenditure in healthy women.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Prentice
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Coward
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Murgatroyd
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ashford
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sawyer
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Whitehead
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001481:Basal Metabolism; D002151:Calorimetry; D002149:Energy Intake; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010103:Oxygen Isotopes
chemical_list: D010103:Oxygen Isotopes