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Components of total energy expenditure in free-living elderly men (over 75 years of age) — measurement, predictability and relationship to quality-of-life indices
Author(s)	N J Fuller, M B Sawyer, W A Coward, P Paxton
Journal title	British Journal of Nutrition, vol 75, part 2, 1996
Pages	pp 161-173
Keywords	Energy expenditure ; Over 70s ; Older men ; Quality of life ; Measurement ; Indicators.
Annotation	Current recommendations for energy requirements in the elderly are based on assumed levels of physical activity relative to basal metabolic rate (BMR). The study's main aim was to establish whether these recommendations might be applicable to a randomly selected group of free-living men, all over 75 years of age. Further aims included evaluating the applicability of a variety of BMR prediction equations and whether assessed quality of life reflected any measured indices of energy expenditure. The study concludes that despite considerable inter-individual variability, national recommendations for energy requirements of older people are applicable to the study group, but that substantial variation exists when attempts are made to estimate total energy expenditure (TEE) from measurements or predictions of BMR.
Accession Number	CPA-960924013 A
Classmark	BIA: BBK: BC: F:59: 3R: 3RI *
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