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SUBMITTER: Bouchard C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3773296 | biostudies-other | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Bouchard C C Tchernof A A Tremblay A A
International journal of obesity (2005) 20130520 2
<h4>Objective</h4>We have previously shown that 24 young lean men (12 pairs of identical twins) subjected to a standardized 353 MJ (84 000 kcal) overfeeding protocol over 100 days exhibited individual differences in body weight and composition gains. The mean (+s.d.) gains in fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM) were 5.4+1.9 kg and 2.7+1.5 kg for a total body energy (BE) gain of 221+75 MJ, representing 63% of the energy surplus consumed. We report here on the most important baseline correlates ...[more]