Simple Skeletal Muscle Mass Estimation Formulas: What We Can Learn From Them

One century ago Harris and Benedict published a short report critically examining the relations 17 between body size, body shape, age, and basal metabolic rate. At the time, basal metabolic rate was a 18 vital measurement in diagnosing diseases such as hypothyroidism. Their conclusions and basal 19 metabolic rate prediction formulas still resonate today. Using the Harris-Benedict approach as a 20 template, we systematically examined the...