Background: Resting metabolic rate (RMR) quantifies the minimal energy required to sustain vital body functions and is a crucial component of childhood development. Mean RMR per unit mass (RMR/BM) has very accurately been modelled in references for Caucasian adolescents.Objectives: Here we address extent which such model can be adapted explain RMR/BM Indian children.Subjects Methods: The multic...

Here we report the resting metabolic rate in barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) and provide evidence for the significant energetic effect of posture. Under laboratory conditions flow-through respirometry together with synchronous recording of behaviour enabled a calculation of how metabolic rate varies with posture. Our principal finding is that standing bipedally incurs a 25% increase in metabo...