The University of New Brunswick is now home to an infant metabolic chamber, which it says is the first such machine in Canada and one of only three in the world. The custom-engineered machine will enable UNB to safely study whole‑body metabolic data from infants and toddlers, opening the door to foundational questions about how nutrition, genetics, and environments influence metabolic rate. “We currently don’t have a full understanding of early infants’ metabolism and factors that can affect their metabolism. This chamber allows us to measure a baby’s resting metabolic rate as early as one day old,” said UNB Professor Dr Maryam Kebbe.
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