Physiological and Biochemical Zoology: Ecological and Evolutionary Approaches, Vol. 79, No. 4 (July/August 2006), pp. 830-835 (6 pages) Abstract We previously demonstrated that the relationship ...

Medical research has repeatedly documented that obese and overweight patients are at a higher risk of developing a number of chronic diseases including hypertension, coronary heart disease, type 2 ...

In direct calorimetry, the heat produced by a living organism is measured directly. Indirect calorimetry, by contrast, estimates heat production from the organism's oxygen (O 2) consumption and carbon ...

Calorimetry is one way that is used to determine CKD patients’ energy expenditure. Monitoring CKD patients' weight and visceral protein status is more important than estimating kilocalorie needs. A ...