Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Nottingham Medical School,
Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (1995), 54, 267-274 267
[Feeding, Fasting & Starvation - MacDonald & Webber](https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/FA8F71DF8EBE6088BC37333CDE293050/S0029665195000255a.pdf/div-class-title-feeding-fasting-and-starvation-factors-affecting-fuel-utilization-div.pdf)
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The abstract is in French; the article is in English...
"Undernutrition"...
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I keep coming back to this comment on page 4:
“It is generally believed that resting and total energy expenditure fall in starvation and underfeeding. Whilst this is undoubtedly true after a few days of undernutrition, it may not be the case initially… As starvation proceeds there is a fall in resting energy expenditure, such that it is normally below initial values after 4d of starvation.”