Food is required as a fuel for the maintenance of energy-requiring processes that sustain life. Energy is needed to preserve the physicochemical environment of the body (homeostasis) and to sustain the organism’s activities. Although there are large inter-individual differences in energy requirements, much of the variance can be ascribed to fat-free mass, age, sex, and amount of physical activity. Genetic factors also appear to play an important role (see Chapters 1 and 4) [1].
Nutrients and whole-body energy metabolism: the impact of physical exercise / S. Benedini - In: Cellular physiology and metabolism of physical exercise / [a cura di] L. Luzi. - Milan : Springer, 2012. - ISBN 9788847024175. - pp. 33-42 [10.1007/978-88-470-2418-2_5]
Nutrients and whole-body energy metabolism: the impact of physical exercise
S. BenediniPrimo
2012
Abstract
Food is required as a fuel for the maintenance of energy-requiring processes that sustain life. Energy is needed to preserve the physicochemical environment of the body (homeostasis) and to sustain the organism’s activities. Although there are large inter-individual differences in energy requirements, much of the variance can be ascribed to fat-free mass, age, sex, and amount of physical activity. Genetic factors also appear to play an important role (see Chapters 1 and 4) [1].
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