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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2014;54(9):1158–1166. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2011.629352

Figure 1. Components of Total Energy Expenditure (TEE).

Figure 1

To increase TEE, one of the three components must be directly increased. Basal metabolic rate is associated with fat free mass and age. Thermic effect of food is reliant upon the amount of food ingested and the macronutrient composition of the diet. Therefore, the most predictable way to increase TEE is to increase physical activity.