Environmental Temperature and Energy Expenditure

Abstract

This study indicates that as the environmental temperature increases there is also an increase in metabolic rate of men performing a fixed activity. There was a significantly higher metabolic rate for men working at 100 deg F than at 85 deg and 70 deg F. Body temperatures also were significantly higher at 100 deg F than at deg 85 and 70 deg F environments. These data again suggest that there is an increase in energy requirements for men living and working in the heat.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 02, 1962
Accession Number
AD0287423

Entities

People

  • C. F. Consolazio
  • Gerhard J. Isaac
  • Juan B. Torres
  • Leroy O. Matoush
  • Richard A. Nelson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Body Temperature
  • Body Weight
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Food
  • Heat Energy
  • Measurement
  • Metabolism
  • Nitrogen
  • Physical Activity
  • Physiology
  • Solar Radiation
  • Sweat Glands
  • Sweating
  • Training

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Economics
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.