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The Biggest Loser Study On RMR Using Indirect Calorimetry

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The following excerpt is from a research article title, “Persistent metabolic adaptation 6 years after “The Biggest Loser” competition” The Biggest Loser reality television show uses the MedGem indirect calorimeter to monitor the contestants Resting Metabolic Rate, as it changes from their exercise and diet plan. Abstract Objective To measure long-term changes in resting metabolic … Read more The Biggest Loser Study On RMR Using Indirect Calorimetry

The Biggest Loser Study Shows RMR Changes And Need For MedGem Indirect Calorimeter

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The Biggest Loser reality television show uses the MedGem indirect calorimeter to monitor the contestants Resting Metabolic Rate, as it changes from their exercise and diet plan. The following excerpt is from the NY Times article titled, “After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight.” Kevin Hall, a scientist at a federal research … Read more The Biggest Loser Study Shows RMR Changes And Need For MedGem Indirect Calorimeter

The Biggest Loser Study Reveals Why The MedGem Indirect Calorimeter Is A Vital Tool For Weight Loss Success

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The Biggest Loser reality television show uses the MedGem indirect calorimeter to monitor the contestants Resting Metabolic Rate, as it changes from their exercise and diet plan. The following excerpt is from the NY Times article titled, “After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight.” Contestants lost hundreds of pounds during Season 8, … Read more The Biggest Loser Study Reveals Why The MedGem Indirect Calorimeter Is A Vital Tool For Weight Loss Success

Microlife BodyGem And MedGem Indirect Calorimeters Offer Advantages Over Equations

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Microlife BodyGem and MedGem indirect calorimeters offer advantages over predictive equations, such as Harris-Benedict. From PubMed US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health: Hand-held indirect calorimeter offers advantages compared with prediction equations, in a group of overweight women, to determine resting energy expenditures and estimated total energy expenditures during research screening. By Spears … Read more Microlife BodyGem And MedGem Indirect Calorimeters Offer Advantages Over Equations

Microlife BodyGem And MedGem Body Composition Facts

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Important Facts about Body Composition. It is important to know the body composition of an individual in order to be able to estimate the health condition. So not only one’s weight, but its quality needs defining, which means dividing the human body in two major components: – Lean body mass: bones, muscles, viscera, water, organs, … Read more Microlife BodyGem And MedGem Body Composition Facts