Does diet-induced thermogenesis change the preferred ambient temperature of humans?
The thermal scores of nude resting subjects were followed for a period of 5 h. the subjects were sitting at rest from 0700 until 1200 hours at their previously determined preferred ambient temperature. Whether fasting or with a large (3.700 kJ) meal their comfort score remained the same and constant throughout the experiment. Their comfort sensation was not influenced by a significant, 20%, increase in metabolic rate produced by the meal, nor by the gradual rise in body temperature due to the diurnal rhythm.
D000328:Adult; D001831:Body Temperature; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D012881:Skin Temperature; D013696:Temperature; D013697:Thermosensing / Q000502:physiology*