Women's Health Obesity

Owen's method for resting energy expenditure best for patients on a diet

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 19th, 2003

by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Resting energy expenditure is best estimated by the Owen equation for women who are on a restricted calorie diet, according to a study published in the journal Clinical Nutrition.

"In our modern society, there is a growing and increasing prevalence of overweight, obesity, and eating disorders and young female subjects frequently ask for nutritional counseling," said M. Siervo and collaborators at Federico II University of Naples in Italy. "Resting energy expenditure (REE) is essential to provide a sound diet to subjects seeking nutritional support. We performed a critical selection of accurate and reliable...

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