basal metabolism
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Intuition might whisper that a brisk resting heart rate would also correlate with an increased basal metabolism, but that isn’t the case.
From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2023
“That’s another contributor to your overall energy expenditure, in addition to basal metabolism and active energy expenditure.”
From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2023
Its hormones regulate basal metabolism, oxygen use, nutrient metabolism, the production of ATP, and calcium homeostasis.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
De Mont had had an appointment with a doctor that morning to take a basal metabolism test.
From Time Magazine Archive
Graham, quoted on minimal cost of food, 190–194; experiments by, to ascertain basal metabolism of body, 196.
From How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Fisher, Irving
