THE METABOLIC RATE AND HEAT LOSS OF FAT AND THIN MEN IN HEAT BALANCE IN COLD AND WARM WATER
THE METABOLIC RATE AND HEAT LOSS OF FAT AND THIN MEN IN HEAT BALANCE IN COLD AND WARM WATER
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1960.sp006582
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发表时间:
1960-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
KEATINGE, WR
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作者:
CANNON, P;KEATINGE, WR
The metabolic rate of both fat and thin young men in heat balance in water rose when the bath temperature was lowered below 33[degree]C, although the fat men did not achieve their maximal tissue insulation until the water temperature was much lower. The commonly used concept of "critical temperature" was therefore not valid in the case of the fat men and alternative terms are proposed. The metabolic rate rose less in fat than in thin men when the bath temperature was lowered below 33[degree]C; the stable rectal temperature of the thin men was lower in cold than in warm water, while that of the fattest men was not. It is concluded that the fat men''s small metabolic response to cold was due to reflexes from the skin, while in the thin men these were reinforced by a fall in deep temperature and stimulation of deep temperature receptors. The fat men achieved a higher maximal tissue insulation than thin men and could stabilize their body temperature in water down to 10-12[degree]C. In colder water heat loss from their fingers rose in a cyclical manner, their tissue insulation fell by about 50% and their rectal temperatures fell. Work accelerated the fall in rectal temperature of both fat and thin men in water just too cold for them to stabilize their rectal temperature when still.