basal metabolism

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“That’s another contributor to your overall energy expenditure, in addition to basal metabolism and active energy expenditure.”

From Scientific American

Exercise remains central to our basal metabolism, even though it is no longer a core part of life for some human populations.

From Nature

Solid sloping line represents regression of oxygen consumption on chamber air temperature for males and females, and the horizontal line, basal metabolism for males and females.

From Project Gutenberg

This measurement represents the basal metabolism of a man at complete rest, when his oxidative activities are at their lowest ebb.

From Project Gutenberg

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