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From: Modeling transitions in body composition: the approach to steady state for anthropometric measures and physiological functions in the Minnesota human starvation study

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Protocol for the Minnesota human starvation study. After a 12 wk control period with balanced energy intake and expenditure, energy intake (closed circles) was reduced to about 1600 kcal/d and adjusted so that the 32 subjects would achieve a 24% loss of body mass (open diamonds) during the next 24 wks. Arrows indicate body mass at weeks C12 (end of control period), and after 12 and 24 weeks (S12 and S24) of energy restriction when most data were collected. During the recovery phase, 4 groups were fed different amounts of energy at increasing levels. The bar at the bottom indicates the control period (unfilled), starvation (hashed) and recovery (stippled).

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