Resting Metabolic Rate Reliability

USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Resting Metabolic Rate Reliability

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT02130960

GFHNRC027

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research is being conducted to study the reliability of a method used to measure resting metabolic rate, or how much energy a person expends while at rest.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 - 65 years old
• BMI of 19 - 40 kg/m2
• Women must not be pregnant or planning to become pregnant

Exclusion criteria

• Age less than 18 or greater than 65
• BMI less than 19 or greater than 40
• Tobacco use
• Taking medications that affect metabolic rate (unless weight stable for past 3 months)
• Any disease that affects the metabolic rate