Metabolism Core
| Core Director: | Barbara A. Gower, PhD Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences Phone: (205) 934-4087 Email: bgower@uab.edu |
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| Contact Information: | Barbara Gower, PhD
Core Director Phone: (205) 934-4087 Email: bgower@uab.edu |
The Metabolism Core was designed to provide state-of-the-art assessments of human energy expenditure, substrate metabolism, body composition, body fat distribution, and bone quality; to provide cost-effective, centralized analytical services to ongoing funded and pilot research projects; to promote multi-disciplinary research and training in clinical nutrition and obesity across the UAB campus; and to offer training, advice, and instruction to students, fellows, and investigators.
List of services
Energy Expenditure/Substrate Metabolism
- Total energy expenditure by doubly-labeled water
- Resting energy expenditure by indirect calorimetry
- 24-h energy expenditure by whole-room indirect calorimetry
- Maximal O2 consumption during exercise
- Sub-maximal O2 consumption during exercise
- Design consultation
Body Composition
- Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
- Body density by BodPod (Adult/child)
- Body density by PeaPod (Infant)
- Total body water by isotope dilution
- Multi-compartment models
- Bone/muscle quality by pQCT
- MRI scan analysis
