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The Metabolic Equivalent

December 18th, 2008

A concept that shows up in medicine from time to time is the Metabolic Equivalent, or met. It is important when dealing with sports physiology, weight loss, and cardiac stress testing.

This page from The Brave and the The Bold #46 (February-March 1963) does a nice job of illustrating the concept.

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