Energy to burn: teenage metabolism rate similar to adults’, says study
by Nicola Davis from Science | The Guardian on (#5N8Q7)
Despite popular beliefs that adolescents use more energy, new research suggests otherwise
Teenagers may be said to eat their parents out of house and home, but research suggests their daily energy expenditure isn't much greater than that of adults.
An international team of researchers has tracked the total daily energy expenditure of more than 6,000 people aged from eight days to 95 years, turning many tropes about metabolism on their heads.
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