Chimere Iheonu is a final year PhD Candidate in Economics at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and is affiliated with the Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa, Abuja, Nigeria In a number of ...

A high-fat ketogenic diet (KD) promotes higher total energy expenditure (TEE), which leads to weight loss. In addition, the appetite suppressant effects of acetoacetate (AcAc) and ketone bodies ...

In an examination of the effect on energy expenditure and components of the metabolic syndrome of three types of commonly consumed diets following weight loss, decreases in resting energy expenditure ...

Moreover, comparisons of cumulative energy expenditure between the total fasting and ketogenic diets indicated that the energy-demanding pathways increase only after about 16 hours of the ketogenic ...

Weight loss reduces energy expenditure, but the contribution of different macronutrients to this change is unclear. A substudy of 99 participants from the Preventing Overweight Using Novel Dietary ...

OBJECTIVE: Assessment of the effect of 2-week supplementation with (−)-hydroxycitrate (HCA) and HCA combined with medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) on satiety, fat oxidation, energy expenditure (EE) ...

This study found that certificate-of-need laws have reduced the number of hospital beds by about 10% and have reduced healthcare expenditures by almost 2%. Certificate-of-need programs have limited ...

The Journal of Consumer Affairs, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Spring 2010), pp. 213-233 (21 pages) Data from 23 years of the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey (1982—2004) are analyzed to investigate cohort effects ...

This study analyzes the effect of a managed care program on Medicaid expenditures for children with special healthcare needs using a quasi-experimental design. Objectives: The Children’s Medical ...

Since World War II, about 75 percent of consumption expenditure by the U.S. government has consisted of wages and salaries for government employees. I distinguish between the goods and the employment ...