Open AccessA paradoxical increase in resting energy expenditure in malnourished patients near death: the king penguin syndrome,
Author(s) -
D Rigaud,
Jacqueline Hassid,
Alain Meulemans,
Anne Thérèse Poupard,
A Boulier
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/72.2.355
Subject(s) - resting energy expenditure , endocrinology , medicine , bioelectrical impedance analysis , starvation , weight loss , basal metabolic rate , insulin , anthropometry , body mass index , protein catabolism , chemistry , energy metabolism , amino acid , obesity , biochemistry
The metabolic expression of extreme starvation on the verge of death is unknown in humans.
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