代谢当量商(Metabolic Equivalent of Task, MET)是一种进行生物活动时的一种生物学特性,可以用于计算从事某一类活动时的代谢水平。
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Metabolic equivalent 代谢当量
The Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET), or simply metabolic equivalent, is a physiological measure expressing the energy cost of physical activities and is defined as the ratio of metabolic rate (and therefore the rate of energy consumption) during a specific physical activity to a reference metabolic rate, set by convention to 3.5 ml O2·kg·min or equivalently: