A Study On The Comparison of the Methods Used In The Estimation of Basal Metabolic Rate and The Relationship Betiveen Basal Metabolism and Lean Body Mass

Abstract

This study had been conducted on 30 healthy women aged betweeiı 25 - 40 years old. 15 women were normal vveight and 15 were moderately obese. The relationship betvveen lean body mass (LBM) and basal metabolic rate (BMR) were found statistically significant (r = 0.797). The values of BMR calculated frorn lean body mass, had the values nearest to the BMR obtained from oxygen consumption.