Influence of nutritional status on basal metabolic rates among rural agriculturalists of Ngilo-Ilo, East Java.
Aaron A MillerEtty IndriatiWilliam R LeonardPublished in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2018)
Among the agriculturalists of Ngilo-Ilo, measured BMRs were low, but not significantly different from those predicted by the FAO/WHO/UNU equations. Among subjects of this sample and from earlier studies, poorer physical nutritional status was associated with reduced BMRs. These results suggest that chronic energy stress has consistently shaped metabolic function among Indonesian rural populations.