Surprisingly, this topic has not been studied enough for us to make any recommendations based on the research. So we began to formally study this problem by first determining by how much persons with NMDs were overweight in general. We can do this by determining body composition. Body composition can be measured in a number of ways. The significance of these conclusions lies in the metabolic difference between fat tissue and lean tissue.
Fat tissue is relatively inactive metabolically.
Thus, not only is the decreased muscle mass causing weakness and fatigue, but also it is easier to put on weight because of less metabolically active tissue. Therefore, the next issue we decided to look into was diet. However, when we compared these diets to recommended diets, we found they were both not up to par. Individual caloric requirements are determined by total daily energy expenditure, or how many calories are burned in a day. This refers to how many calories are used if one were to lie down all day and just rest.