Measuring nutrition.
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Measuring nutrition.
Distribution of weight change (kg) on 2078 occasions on consecutive days in healthy young men Methods ofmeasuring calories (food energy) are different from those for the other essential nutrients. Measurement ofenergy balance is technically difficult and can only be done in a specially equipped laboratory. Energy expenditure is measured by calorimetry, nearly always indirect calorimetry-that is...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.291.6508.1578-a