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Estimating Energy Requirements

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Abstract

After completing this chapter, you should have an understanding of the following:

  • • The components of energy expenditure.

  • • Methods of measuring energy expenditure.

  • • Average dietary reference intake values of energy for active individuals.

  • • Estimated energy expenditure prediction equations.

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  1. Department of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

    Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb PhD, FACSM (Professor at Texas Tech University)

  2. Department of physiology, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, USA

    Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb PhD, FACSM (Professor at Texas Tech University)

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  1. College of Arts and Sciences Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

    Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb

  2. School of Medicine Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX

    Reid Norman

  3. School of Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX

    Mimi Zumwalt

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Robert-McComb, J.J. (2008). Estimating Energy Requirements. In: Robert-McComb, J.J., Norman, R., Zumwalt, M. (eds) The Active Female. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-534-3_24

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