Resting Energy Expenditure in Patients with Extreme Obesity: Comparison of the Harris-Benedict Equation with Indirect Calorimetry.

ABSTRACT: Background: The main objective of the work was the analysis and description of data on body composition and resting energy expenditure (REE) values of selected groups of patients with obesity whose REE measurement results using indirect calorimetry reached a level below 95% of the predicted REE calculated using the Harris-Benedict (H-B) equation. The sub-goals were to describe the dependence of body composition on the size of the REE and to find out if the deviations between the number of the total measured REE and the REE calculated using H-B in the adapted group (patients with altered REE values, lower than expected caused by long caloric restriction) are significant. Methods: For the research, 71 (39 women and 32 men) patients treated in obesitology were selected. Patients

SUBMITTER: Jilkova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11478319 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature