Basal Metabolism

• Basal Metabolism = 1200-1800 Calories

  • Factors that affect BMR (basal metabolic rate)
    (Table 9-1, page 338)
    • age
    • height
    • growth
    • body composition
    • fever
    • fasting or starvation
    • thyroxine

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