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Energy Expenditure and Physical Activity of Malnourished Gambian Infants

The total energy requirements of an infant can be divided into three major components: (a) the energy expended in maintaining essential body functions (basal metabolic rate; BMR) which includes the synthetic costs of growth, (b) energy used in physical activity and thermogenesis, (c) energy deposited as new tissue. present paper present preliminary findings from a study of energy expenditure in undernourished Gambian children. The results illustrate the great potential of the DLW method in field studies of this type.