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energy: Energy expenditure

Description

The energy expenditure for 104 females at rest for a 24 hour period

Usage

data(energy)

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 104 observations on the following 3 variables.

Energy

the energy expenditure (units not given); a numeric vector

Fat

the mass of fat tissue (units not given); a numeric vector

NonFat

the mass of fat-free tissue (units not given); a numeric vector

Details

The data give the energy expenditure for 104 females at rest over a 24 hour period; the mass of fat and fat-free tissue was also recorded.

Note that the total mass of each subject is the sum of the fat and fat-free tissue masses.

References

L. Garby, J. S. Garrow, B. Joergensen, O. Lammert, K. Madsen, P. Soerensen and J. Webster (1988) Relation between energy expenditure and body composition in man: Specific energy expenditure in vivo of fat and fat-free tissue. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 42, 301--305.

Examples

Run this code
   data(energy)
   summary(energy)

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