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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 24, 1471-1475, Copyright © 1971 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Estimating the energy expenditure of housekeeping activities

Irma Åstrand M.D.1

1 From the National Institute of Occupational Health, Fack 10401 Stockholm 60, Sweden

The daily energy expenditure of 10 housewives was studied by heart-rate telemetry. The mean heart rate was related to oxygen consumption by individual heart rate-oxygen consumption regressions from work carried out on a bicycle ergometer. Comparisons were made of this technique against direct respired air collection in three subjects and the techniques

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varied 0.1 liter O2/min. The housewives worked at 40% of their maximum aerobic work power.






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