ENERGY BALANCE AND BODY COMPOSITION: A REPLY
Authors: Michael F. Ball, John J. Canary, Laurence H. Kyle
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1968)

Letters and Comments1 April 1968ENERGY BALANCE AND BODY COMPOSITION: A REPLYMICHAEL F. BALL, M.D., JOHN J. CANARY, M.D., F.A.C.P., LAURENCE H. KYLE, M.D., F.A.C.P.MICHAEL F. BALL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN J. CANARY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, LAURENCE H. KYLE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-68-4-960_2 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the Editor:In an article entitled "Energy Balance and Body Compositional Changes," which appeared in the February issue of the ANNALS, Grande (1) has presented a brief review of energy expenditure data and has criticized three recently published papers, one of them ours, which utilized body composition techniques to evaluate total starvation in the treatment of obesity (2-4). 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