PEDIATRICS Vol. 4 No. 6 December 1949, pp. 744-750
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BASAL METABOLIC RATE IN OBESE CHILDREN

With a Note on the Basal Metabolic Rate in Dwarfs

ALBERTA ILIFF Ph.D.1, HARRY H. GORDON M.D.1, HELEN MCNAMARA M.A.1, and W. RANDAL BELL M.D.1

1 The New York Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N.Y., and the Departments of Human Growth and Pediatrics of the University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colo.

An analysis of the results of 524 observations of the basal metabolism of 348 obese children is presented. Since only 3% of the basal metabolic rates were lower than minus 15% of the Child Research Council surface area-age standards, it is suggested that these standards can be used satisfactorily in the management of children with obesity. For reasons which are not obvious these standards do not suffice for children with dwarfism.

Submitted on February 17, 1949