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02/09/2010
By Ilana Katz, MS, RD
As a sports dietitian, as well as an endurance athlete (triathlete and marathoner) who struggles to lose weight, I often find myself frustrated with the low response my body has to my consistent training and very disciplined eating habits. I also have many athletic clients who struggle with the same dynamic. I thus began to research the concept of metabolic efficiency, defined as “Energy intake based on body weight that is required to maintain current weight.”   more

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