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Older men do not appear to have any impairment of energy conservation during negative energy balance compared to young men.
Practitioners can conclude that older men maintain energy conservation during periods of underfeeding.
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Thus, older men do not appear to have any impairment of energy conservation during negative energy balance compared to young men.
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Source
Effects of Age on Energy Expenditure and Substrate Oxidation During Experimental Overfeeding in Healthy Men
Susan B. Roberts et al. · The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 1996
DOI 10.1093/gerona/51a.2.b148
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