Thyroid Function and Obesity: From Mechanisms to the Benefits of Levothyroxine in Obese Patient.

CONCLUSION: Replacement therapy should be reserved to patients with obvious signs of subclinical or clinical hypothyroidism. DEFINITIONS: Basal metabolic rate (BMR) or basal energy expenditure (BEE): measurement obtained under total inactivity and controlled research conditions; resting energy expenditure (REE): measurement obtained when an individual is sitting quietly (is mildly higher than BMR/BEE). PMID: 33461477 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Disorders Drug Targets - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Tags: Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets Source Type: research