Video Blog on Measuring Metabolism: Step Inside a Respiration Chamber!

Posted by Dr. Sue Pedersen | Dec 4, 2010 | Uncategorized

In this video blog, Dr Sue takes you right inside the respiration chambers at the Department of Human Nutrition, University of Copenhagen, which are used to measure metabolism in a research setting.

By simply measuring oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide output, and nitrogen production over a 24 hour period, we can measure exactly how many calories a person burns over 24 hours, and how much of that calorie burn comes from protein vs fat vs carbohydrates as the fuel source.

These chambers are currently being used in a study of gastric bypass surgery patients that Dr Sue is involved in, as well as study of the effects of sleep deprivation on metabolism in kids.

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Dr. Sue Pedersen

I am a medical doctor, Specialist in Endocrinology & Metabolism, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. After completing my training as an Endocrinologist in 2005 at the University of Calgary, I have worked in Calgary, at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatchewan, and at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. I have a busy clinical practice at C-ENDO Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic in Calgary, caring for patients with diabetes, obesity, thyroid, and other hormone issues. I am also involved in clinical research in diabetes and obesity. I am the lead author of the 2020 and 2022 Pharmacotherapy Chapters of the Canadian Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines, and a member of the Expert Committee for the 2018 Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines as an author on the Weight Management chapter. I am passionate, enthusiastic, and driven to help conquer the stigma against obesity; educate health care professionals and the public about obesity and diabetes; and to help us become a healthier society!