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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 30, 1514-1517, Copyright © 1977 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc
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AA Jackson, D Picou and PJ Reeds
Five children with protein-energy malnutrition were were treated with a high calorie, high protein diet and the energy cost of growth in body weight and muscle mass were calculated. Energy expenditures correlated statistically with increases in muscle mass, estimated by [15N]creatine kinetics, but not with gains in body weight.
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