Energy balance during recovery from malnutrition
1976
Spady, D.W. | Payne, P.R. | Picou, D. | Waterlow, J.C.
Extract: An account of energy balance of young Jamaican children recovering from protein energy malnutrition (PEM) is presented. This wasdone in three steps. Initially the true gross energy of a formula used in the treatment of PEM was determined by bomb calorimetry. Then its metabolizable energy content was determined in a group of nine children recovering from PEM. In a similar but different group of eight children total daily metabolizable energy intake (EI), average rate of weight gain (g/kg/day)(WG), and total daily energy expenditure (TDEE) were determined. From three independent measurements, an estimate of maintenance energy requirements were estimated to be about kcal/kg/day.
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