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Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab JAN. 1, 2002
Non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT)
JA Levine
Non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) is the energy expended for everything we do that is not sleeping, eating or sports-like exercise. It ranges from the energy exp …
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