Table 2. Measure at Weight–10% Relative to Measurements Determined at Usual Body Weight*

{downarrow}TEE (-348 ± 87 kcal/day (~–15%))
{downarrow}RMR (-101 ± 41 kcal/day (~–8%))
{downarrow}NRMR (-234 ± 85 kcal/day (~–36%))
{downarrow}RQ during unloaded exercise (~–9%)
{downarrow}Skeletal muscle efficiency during unloaded exercise (~–13%)
{downarrow}Muscle glycolytic/aerobic-oxidative enzyme ration (10%)
{downarrow}Expression of UCP3 in skeletal muscle (~45%)
{downarrow}Urinary catecholamine release and sympathetic nervous system tone
{downarrow}Parasympathetic nervous system tone

Source: Data of R. Leibel (49) and unpublished.

*

TEE, total energy expenditure; RMR, resting metabolic rate; NRMR, nonresting metabolic rate (TEE–RMR); RQ, respiratory quotient; UCP3, uncoupling protein 3.