A new study published on American Journal of Critical Care confirms the scarce accuracy of REE predictive equations and the importance of REE measurement through indirect calorimetry. The aim of the study was to compare resting energy expenditure measured by indirect calorimetry (REEIC) with REE calculated by using the Harris-Benedict equation with 3 different sources of body weight (from bed scale,...

A new study on Quark RMR was published in Germany validating the its accuracy for REE measurements and its test-retest reliability. The aim of this study was to verify the quality criteria for the determination of REE with Quark RMR. The following questions are answered: - Can the quality criteria identified by Compher et al (2006) be applied in practice? - What is the test-retest reliability? -...

A new clinical validation for Fitmate RMR measurement versus the Deltatrac in nonventilate patients was published on "Nutrition - The International Journal of Applied and Basic Nutritional Sciences". The aim of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of the Fitmate metabolic system in measuring the oxygen consumption and resting metabolic rate (RMR) in ambulatory and hospitalized...

A new study demonstrates that Fitmate used to measure resting metabolic rate is a valid and reliable device. The purpose of this study, presented during the 11th International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) Conference (Clearwater Beach, FL, USA. 20-21 June 2014), was to establish the inter- and intra-day test-retest reliability of the Cosmed Fitmate ProTM indirect calorimeter for resting metabolic...