ENERGY EXPENDITURE IN FREE‐LIVING PEOPLE

Abstract

Nutritionists are still using methods for measuring energy expenditure which were developed over a century ago. This article by A.M. Prentice, PhD, Head of Human Calorimetry Group, Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre, describes a completely new approach involving the use of stable isotopic tracers.

Citation

Prentice, A.M. (1986), "ENERGY EXPENDITURE IN FREE‐LIVING PEOPLE", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 86 No. 1, pp. 2-5. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb059098