Body size and metabolic rate

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Recently, I have been wondering if the body size scaling formulas have

any application to CR-stunted mice vs. non-CR mice. It is well

documented that mice on a 40%CR diet grow to an adult size that is

half the size of non-restricted mice. As far as I know, the basal

metabolism is decreased by by a maximum of ~15%, regardless of the

degree of CR.

Here is a paper that shows a straight-line, log-log relationship

between total metabolic rate and weight.

http://biology.unm.edu/jhbrown/Research/Scaling/Scaling.htm

Does weight vs. BMR calculated by the Mifflin-St Jeor equations

produce that log-log relationship? I think not.

Tony