Basal metabolic rate and dietary seasonality among Tibetan nomads

✍ Scribed by Cynthia M. Beall; Jeye Henry; Carol Worthman; Melvyn C. Goldstein

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 797 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1042-0533
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6300(1996)8:3<361::aid-ajhb7>3.0.co;2-2

✦ Synopsis

The results of 51 overnight measurements of basal metabolic rate (BMR) in a sample of pastoral nomads resident permanently in Phala, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, are reported. Past studies demonstrated a culturally driven seasonality of diet, with very low summer and very high winter caloric intake. The study was designed to test the hypothesis that the ability of Phala nomads to subsist on low caloric intake for several summer months without signs of malnutrition is explained by lower summer BMR.