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. 1985 Jun 22;1(8443):1419-22.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(85)91846-x.

Unexpectedly low levels of energy expenditure in healthy women

A M Prentice, W A Coward, H L Davies, P R Murgatroyd, A E Black, G R Goldberg, J Ashford, M Sawyer, R G Whitehead

Unexpectedly low levels of energy expenditure in healthy women

A M Prentice et al. Lancet. .

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.

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