Obesity
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Surgery describes research in obesity
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 4th, 2007
A new study, "Affordable measurement of human total energy expenditure and body composition using one-tenth dose doubly labelled water," is now available. According to a study from Shatin, Hong Kong, "The doubly labelled water (DLW) method is the technique of choice for measurement of free-living total energy expenditure (TEE) in humans. A major constraint on the clinical applicability of the method has been the expense of the (18)O isotope. We have used a reduced-dose (one-tenth of the currently recommended standard dose) of DLW for the measurement of TEE and body composition in nine healthy adult male volunteers."
"TEE measured by reduced-dose DLW was positively...
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