R. Elsworth Buskirk

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Emeritus Professor
Applied Physiology and Human Nutrition
Department of Kinesiology
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1954

erb1@psu.edu

Research Interests

Nutrition and exercise, calorimetry, body composition, obesity, nutrition and environmental stress, military nutrition

Publications

Buskirk, E.R. Energetics and Climate with Emphasis on Heat: An Historical Perspective. Chap 6 in B.M. Marriott (Ed) Nutritional Needs in Hot Environments., Washington, DC National Academy Press, pp 97-166, 1993.

Buskirk, E.R. Obesity and Weight Control Chap. 18 in Downey, J.A., Myers., S.K., Gonzalez, E.G., and Lieberman, K.S. The Physiological Basis of Rehabilitation Medicine, Boston Butterworth-Heinemann, pp. 481-499, 1994.