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 • Jun. 14, 2023
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
Its hormones regulate basal metabolism, oxygen use, nutrient metabolism, the production of ATP, and calcium homeostasis.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
As a result of Depression many hospitals have lately been giving cheap diagnostic services to put their expensive xray, basal metabolism and other machines to some profitable use.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Mahlke-Johnson, Kathleen P.
