Fig. 8

Composition of the fragments of a logarithmic scale of age dependence of metabolism (calories/kg of body weight per day) in small animals (rats—the upper group of curves) and large animals (sheep, pigs, horses, cattle—the lower group of curves). Human data (highlighted in the grey zone) are shown for humans in two positions: the supine position (lower and upper curves, respectively) and standing (the upper edge of the darkened zone in accordance with the increase in energy exchange indicators during standing still in relation to the level of the main exchange [29, 31]