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A note on the percentage loss of calories as waste on ordinary mixed diets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

E. P. Cathcart  and
A. M. T. Murray
E. P. Cathcart
Affiliation:
Physiology Department, University of Glasgow
A. M. T. Murray
Affiliation:
Physiology Department, University of Glasgow
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It is customary to state the energy needs of an individual, a family or some larger group in terms either of net or gross calories. If the original estimate has been made from a study of the actual or net intake, what extra percentage would have to be added to this net basal figure to permit the need to be stated in gross calories? A similar problem arises in the conversion of gross to net requirements.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , January 1939 , pp. 45 - 50
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1939

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