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| Clinical application of resting energy expenditure measurement in the elderly with chronic diseases |
| Received:September 05, 2017 Revised:October 26, 2017 |
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| DOI：10.11915/j.issn.1671-5403.2017.12.210 |
| Key words:resting energy expenditure aged chronic diseases clinical application |
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| Abstract: |
| Accurate energy consumption is a helpful indicator for guiding individualized nutrition support, preventing malnutrition or overnutrition, and achieving the best benefits of nutritional therapy. There are many factors influencing the resting energy expenditure, such as body composition, gender, age, disease and environmental conditions. In this paper, we reviewed the clinical application of resting energy expenditure measurement for the elderly at the different stages of chronic diseases. |
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