Basal metabolic rate of normal and marginally undernourished mestizo children in Colombia.
The basal metabolic rate (BMR) was measured in mestizo children 6-16 years of age living under economically deprived conditions in Colombia. Of a total of 239 boys and 126 girls, 137 boys and 72 girls were classified as marginally malnourished. Differences in BMR by age, sex and nutritional group could be accounted for by differences in lean body mass. The Schofield equations were found to overestimate BMR significantly in the boys. However, the estimates in girls were not significantly different from measured values.
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Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53295.
Reina
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D000293:Adolescent; D001481:Basal Metabolism; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000378:metabolism*; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D003105:Colombia; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D006454:Hemoglobins