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Operational:  2014

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Location:  Baton Rouge, LA USA

Updated (2020) version of an infant/toddler whole room indirect calorimeter (WRIC) that was installed at Pennington in 2014. I was the first in the world to develop such a system. This can measure energy metabolism and macro-nutrient utilization in infants and toddlers up to four years old. Notice the black ports. These allow parents to interact with their child during metabolic measurements.

This was an earlier version of the infant WRIC, the Enhanced Metabolic Testing Activity  Chamber (EMTAC), that I created in 2000. I was the first pioneer the skin-to-skin parental/care giver interaction with their infants during metabolic measurements.

The complete EMTAC 2000 system including the actual infant enclosure (left), cooling unit (middle) and instrumentation (right). Measurement durations were from 1 to 24 hours.

Updated Infant WRIC connected to the Sable Systems Promethion instrument. These integrated instruments measure oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor pressure within the WRIC. This eliminates the need for drying the sample gases. Notice the small foot print of the instrumentation.

EMTAC 2000 system WRIC chamber. This part of the system included climate control as well as a way to monitor infant physical activities within the chamber.

Updated (2020) version of an infant/toddler whole room indirect calorimeter (WRIC) that was installed at Pennington in 2014. I was the first in the world to develop such a system. This can measure energy metabolism and macro-nutrient utilization in infants and toddlers up to four years old. Notice the black ports. These allow parents to interact with their child during metabolic measurements.

Updated Infant WRIC connected to the Sable Systems Promethion instrument. These integrated instruments measure oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor pressure within the WRIC. This eliminates the need for drying the sample gases. Notice the small foot print of the instrumentation.

This was an earlier version of the infant WRIC, the Enhanced Metabolic Testing Activity  Chamber (EMTAC), that I created in 2000. I was the first pioneer the skin-to-skin parental/care giver interaction with their infants during metabolic measurements.

The complete EMTAC 2000 system including the actual infant enclosure (left), cooling unit (middle) and instrumentation (right). Measurement durations were from 1 to 24 hours.

EMTAC 2000 system WRIC chamber. This part of the system included climate control as well as a way to monitor infant physical activities within the chamber.

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Attempted measurement of resting metabolic rate (RMR) by the DeltaTrac Metabolic Monitor.

Attempted measurement of resting metabolic rate (RMR) by the DeltaTrac Metabolic Monitor.