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Thermogenic responses to noradrenaline are unaltered following energy supplementation in chronically energy‐deficient human subjects
Author(s) -
VAZ M.,
KULKARNI R.N.,
SOARES M.J.,
KURPAD A.V.,
SHETTY P.S.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
european journal of clinical investigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.164
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1365-2362
pISSN - 0014-2972
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2362.1991.tb01354.x
Subject(s) - basal metabolic rate , medicine , anthropometry , endocrinology , basal (medicine) , thermogenesis , energy expenditure , microgram , fat free mass , zoology , physiology , biology , body mass index , fat mass , adipose tissue , biochemistry , insulin , in vitro
. A group of chronically undernourished labourers underwent a period of controlled supplementary feeding (3.35 MJ per day) over a period of 12 weeks. Thermogenic responses to Noradrenaline (NA) (0.15 μg kg –1 fat‐free mass per min) were assessed (1) before supplementation (2) during the 12th week of supplementation and (3) 12–16 weeks following the cessation of supplementation. There were significant changes in anthropometric indices and basal metabolic rates (BMR) during the three stages of the study; however, these were not accompanied by significant changes in the thermogenic responses to NA.