Activity, Energy Expenditure and Energy Requirements of Infants and Children (International Dietary Energy Consultative Group - IDECG, 1989, 412 pages): Energy-sparing mechanisms: reductions in body mass, BMR and activity: their relative importance and priority in undernourished infants and children: (introductory text...)

Activity, Energy Expenditure and Energy Requirements of Infants and Children (International Dietary Energy Consultative Group - IDECG, 1989, 412 pages)

Energy-sparing mechanisms: reductions in body mass, BMR and activity: their relative importance and priority in undernourished infants and children

		*(introductory text...)*
		Abstract
		1. Introduction
		2. Physical activity
		3. Basal metabolic rate and body composition
		4. Sequence of events during recovery
		6. Future research
		References
		Discussion (summarized by A.M. Prentice)

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J.C. WATERLOW *

* Division of Clinical Sciences. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, U.K.