Tverskaya et al developed an equation for estimating the basal metabolic rate (BMR) of an obese pediatric patient. The authors are from Malmonides Medical Center in Brooklyn.
Patient selection: age 6 to 18 years, obese (BMI > 28 kg per square meter)
Parameters:
(1) age in years
(2) sex
(3) fat-free mass in kg (FFM)
(4) fat mass (equals body weight minus FFM)
Sex
Points
male
1
female
0
estimated BMR in kcal per day=
= (28.4 * (FFM)) + (3.3 * (fat mass)) - (37 * (age)) + (82 * (points for sex)) + 775
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Specialty: Nutrition, Pedatrics
