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BASAL METABOLISM IN CHILDREN OF ABNORMAL BODY WEIGHT

BASAL METABOLISM IN CHILDREN OF ABNORMAL BODY WEIGHT In a previous paper,1 we presented the results of basal metabolism tests on seventy overweight, but otherwise normal, children. These results seem, in the main, to agree with those found in overweight adults, and afford further proof that the basal metabolic rate in the condition of overweight, unless associated with other pathologic conditions, is usually normal, with a tendency toward high normal rate, owing to the stimulus afforded by a condition of plethora in the cells. In this paper, we present our observations in a similar series of seventy underweight, but otherwise normal, children. We tried, as far as possible, to exclude those children in whom some definite pathologic condition was present which might affect the basal metabolic rate. We include thirty-five boys and thirty-five girls who were sent to our metabolism clinic because of "chronic malnutrition." Their ages ranged from 5 to 15 years. The deviation in weight http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American journal of diseases of children American Medical Association

BASAL METABOLISM IN CHILDREN OF ABNORMAL BODY WEIGHT

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1929 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0096-8994
eISSN
1538-3628
DOI
10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930080075007
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Abstract

In a previous paper,1 we presented the results of basal metabolism tests on seventy overweight, but otherwise normal, children. These results seem, in the main, to agree with those found in overweight adults, and afford further proof that the basal metabolic rate in the condition of overweight, unless associated with other pathologic conditions, is usually normal, with a tendency toward high normal rate, owing to the stimulus afforded by a condition of plethora in the cells. In this paper, we present our observations in a similar series of seventy underweight, but otherwise normal, children. We tried, as far as possible, to exclude those children in whom some definite pathologic condition was present which might affect the basal metabolic rate. We include thirty-five boys and thirty-five girls who were sent to our metabolism clinic because of "chronic malnutrition." Their ages ranged from 5 to 15 years. The deviation in weight

Journal

American journal of diseases of childrenAmerican Medical Association

Published: Aug 1, 1929

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