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Calculations from oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production can provide erroneous results when several biochemical pathways are engaged.
Practitioners should be cautious when interpreting energy expenditure calculations, especially when multiple metabolic pathways are involved.
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Although energy expenditure and macronutrient oxidation can be assessed by simple calculations from oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production, these calculations can provide erroneous results or require corrections and/or more complex interpretation when several biochemical pathways are simultaneously engaged.
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Assessment of energy expenditure: are calories measured differently for different diets?
Guillermo Sánchez‐Delgado et al. · Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care · 2020
DOI 10.1097/mco.0000000000000680
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