Twenty-four hour metabolic rate measurements utilized as a reference to evaluate several prediction equations for calculating energy requirements in healthy infants

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To date, only short-duration metabolic rate measurements of less than four hours have been used to evaluate prediction equations for calculating energy requirements in healthy infants. Therefore, the objective of this analysis was to...

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Main Author: Rising Russell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-02-01
Series:Nutrition Journal
Online Access:http://www.nutritionj.com/content/10/1/14