scholarly journals An evaluation of the IDEEA™ activity monitor for estimating energy expenditure

2012 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Whybrow ◽  
Patrick Ritz ◽  
Graham W. Horgan ◽  
R. James Stubbs
Keyword(s):  
Energy Balance ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Indirect Calorimetry ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Activity Monitor ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Similar Estimate ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Doubly Labelled Water ◽  
D 12

Objective estimates of activity patterns and energy expenditure (EE) are important for the measurement of energy balance. The Intelligent Device for Energy Expenditure and Activity (IDEEA) can estimate EE from the thirty-five postures and activities it can identify and record. The present study evaluated the IDEEA system's estimation of EE using whole-body indirect calorimetry over 24 h, and in free-living subjects using doubly-labelled water (DLW) over 14 d. EE was calculated from the IDEEA data using calibration values for RMR and EE while sitting and standing, both as estimated by the IDEEA system (IDEEAest) and measured by indirect calorimetry (IDEEAmeas). Subjects were seven females and seven males, mean age 38·1 and 39·7 years, mean BMI 25·2 and 26·2 kg/m2, respectively. The IDEEAest method produced a similar estimate of EE to the calorimeter (10·8 and 10·8 MJ, NS), while the IDEEAmeas method underestimated EE (9·9 MJ, P < 0·001). After removing data from static cycling, which the IDEEA was unable to identify as an activity, both the IDEEAest and IDEEAmeas methods overestimated EE compared to the calorimeter (9·9 MJ, P < 0·001; 9·1 MJ, P < 0·05 and 8·6 MJ, respectively). Similarly, the IDEEA system overestimated EE compared to DLW over 14 d; 12·7 MJ/d (P < 0·01), 11·5 MJ/d (P < 0·01) and 9·5 MJ/d for the IDEEAest, IDEEAmeas and DLW, respectively. The IDEEA system overestimated EE both in the controlled laboratory and free-living environments. Using measured EE values for RMR, sitting and standing reduced, but did not eliminate, the error in estimated EE.

Measurement of energy expenditure

2005 ◽  
Vol 8 (7a) ◽  
pp. 1123-1132 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A Levine
Keyword(s):  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Doubly Labelled Water ◽  
Calorimetric Methods ◽  
Factorial Method ◽  
Total Daily Energy Expenditure ◽  
Isotope Technique

AbstractMeasurement of energy expenditure in humans is required to assess metabolic needs, fuel utilisation, and the relative thermic effect of different food, drink, drug and emotional components. Indirect and direct calorimetric and non-calorimetric methods for measuring energy expenditure are reviewed, and their relative value for measurement in the laboratory and field settings is assessed. Where high accuracy is required and sufficient resources are available, an open-circuit indirect calorimeter can be used. Open-circuit indirect calorimeters can employ a mask, hood, canopy or room/chamber for collection of expired air. For short-term measurements, mask, hood or canopy systems suffice. Chamber-based systems are more accurate for the long-term measurement of specified activity patterns but behaviour constraints mean they do not reflect real life. Where resources are limited and/or optimum precision can be sacrificed, flexible total collection systems and non-calorimetric methods are potentially useful if the limitations of these methods are appreciated. The use of the stable isotope technique, doubly labelled water, enables total daily energy expenditure to be measured accurately in free-living subjects. The factorial method for combining activity logs and data on the energy costs of activities can also provide detailed information on free-living subjects.

scholarly journals Free-living energy expenditure of adult men assessed by continuous heart-rate monitoring and doubly-labelled water

1997 ◽  
Vol 78 (5) ◽  
pp. 695-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Davidson ◽  
Geraldine McNeill ◽  
Paul Haggarty ◽  
John S. Smith ◽  
Michael F. Franklin
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Doubly Labelled Water ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Data Points ◽  
Different Levels

Free-living energy expenditure was estimated by doubly-labelled water (DLW) and continuous heart-rate (HR) monitoring over nine consecutive days in nine healthy men with sedentary occupations but different levels of leisure-time physical activity. Individual calibrations of the HR-energy expenditure (EE) relationship were obtained for each subject using 30 min average values of HR and EE obtained during 24h whole-body calorimetry with a defined exercise protocol, and additional data points for individual leisure activities measured with an Oxylog portable O2 consumption meter. The HR data were processed to remove spurious values and insert missing data before the calculation of EE from second-order polynomial equations relating EE to HR. After data processing, the HR-derived EE for this group of subjects was on average 0.8 (sem 0.6) MJ/d, or 6.0 (sem 4.2)% higher than that estimated by DLW. The diary-respirometer method, used over the same 9d, gave values which were 1.9 (sem 0.7) MJ/d, or -12.1 (sem 4.0)% lower than the DLW method. The results suggest that HR monitoring can provide a better estimate of 24 h EE of groups than the diary-respirometer method, but show that both methods can introduce errors of 20% or more in individuals.

scholarly journals Meal frequency and energy balance

1997 ◽  
Vol 77 (S1) ◽  
pp. S57-S70 ◽  
Author(s):  
France Bellisle ◽  
Regina McDevitt ◽  
Andrew M. Prentice
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Energy Balance ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Energy Balance Equation ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Meal Frequency ◽  
Doubly Labelled Water ◽  
Meal Pattern ◽  
Post Hoc

Several epidemiological studies have observed an inverse relationship between people's habitual frequency of eating and body weight, leading to the suggestion that a ‘nibbling’ meal pattern may help in the avoidance of obesity. A review of all pertinent studies shows that, although many fail to find any significant relationship, the relationship is consistently inverse in those that do observe a relationship. However, this finding is highly vulnerable to the probable confounding effects of post hoc changes in dietary patterns as a consequence of weight gain and to dietary under-reporting which undoubtedly invalidates some of the studies. We conclude that the epidemiological evidence is at best very weak, and almost certainly represents an artefact. A detailed review of the possible mechanistic explanations for a metabolic advantage of nibbling meal patterns failed to reveal significant benefits in respect of energy expenditure. Although some short-term studies suggest that the thermic effect of feeding is higher when an isoenergetic test load is divided into multiple small meals, other studies refute this, and most are neutral. More importantly, studies using whole-body calorimetry and doubly-labelled water to assess total 24h energy expenditure find no difference between nibbling and gorging. Finally, with the exception of a single study, there is no evidence that weight loss on hypoenergetic regimens is altered by meal frequency. We conclude that any effects of meal pattern on the regulation of body weight are likely to be mediated through effects on the food intake side of the energy balance equation.

scholarly journals Total energy expenditure assessed by salivary doubly labelled water analysis and its relevance for short-term energy balance in humans

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Guidotti ◽  
Berthe M. A. A. A. Verstappen-Dumoulin ◽  
Henk G. Jansen ◽  
Anita T. Aerts-Bijma ◽  
André A. van Vliet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Balance ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Total Energy ◽  
Water Analysis ◽  
Total Energy Expenditure ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Doubly Labelled Water ◽  
Term Energy

scholarly journals Energy expenditure of free-living reindeer estimated by the doubly labelled water method

Rangifer ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geir Gotaas ◽  
Eric Milne ◽  
Paul Haggarty ◽  
Nicholas J.C. Tyler
Keyword(s):  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Water Flux ◽  
Co2 Production ◽  
Wild Ungulates ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Doubly Labelled Water ◽  
Svalbard Reindeer ◽  
Mountain Pasture ◽  
The Mean

The doubly labelled water (DLW) method was used to measure total energy expenditure (TEE) in three male reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) aged 22 months in winter (February) while the animals were living unrestricted at natural mountain pasture in northern Norway (69&deg;20'N). The concentrations of 2H and l8O were measured in water extracted from samples of faeces collecred from the animals 0.4 and 11.2 days after injection of the isotopes. Calculated rates of water flux and CO2-production were adjusted to compensate for estimated losses of 2H in faecal solids and in methane produced by microbial fermentation of forage in the rumen. The mean specific TEE in the three animals was 3.057 W.kg-1 (range 2.436 - 3.728 W.kg1). This value is 64% higher than TEE measured by the DLW method in four captive, non-pregnant adult female reindeer in winter and probably mainly reflects higher levels of locomotor activity in the free-living animals. Previous estimates of TEE in free-living Rangifer in winter based on factorial models range from 3.038 W.kg-1 in female woodland caribou (R. t. caribou) to 1.813 W.kg-1 in female Svalbard reindeer (R. t. platyrhynchus). Thus, it seems that existing factorial models are unlikely to overestimate TEE in reindeer/caribou: they may, instead, be unduly conservative. While the present study serves as a general validation of the factorial approach, we suggest that the route to progress in the understanding of field energetics in wild ungulates is via application of the DLW method.

scholarly journals Review of Prediction Models to Estimate Activity-Related Energy Expenditure in Children and Adolescents

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne M. de Graauw ◽  
Janke F. de Groot ◽  
Marco van Brussel ◽  
Marjolein F. Streur ◽  
Tim Takken
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Prediction Model ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Accurate Estimate ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Triaxial Accelerometer ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Doubly Labelled Water

Purpose. To critically review the validity of accelerometry-based prediction models to estimate activity energy expenditure (AEE) in children and adolescents.Methods. The CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and PubMed/MEDLINE databases were searched. Inclusion criteria were development or validation of an accelerometer-based prediction model for the estimation of AEE in healthy children or adolescents (6–18 years), criterion measure: indirect calorimetry, or doubly labelled water, and language: Dutch, English or German.Results. Nine studies were included. Median methodological quality was5.5±2.0 IR (out of a maximum 10 points). Prediction models combining heart rate and counts explained 86–91% of the variance in measured AEE. A prediction model based on a triaxial accelerometer explained 90%. Models derived during free-living explained up to 45%.Conclusions. Accelerometry-based prediction models may provide an accurate estimate of AEE in children on a group level. Best results are retrieved when the model combines accelerometer counts with heart rate or when a triaxial accelerometer is used. Future development of AEE prediction models applicable to free-living scenarios is needed.

Components and variations in daily energy expenditure of athletic and non-athletic adolescents in free-living conditions

2000 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérôme Ribeyre ◽  
Nicole Fellmann ◽  
Jean Vernet ◽  
Michel Delaître ◽  
Alain Chamoux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Direct Method ◽  
Exercise Duration ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Fat Free Mass ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Daily Energy Expenditure ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Daily Energy ◽  
Free Living Conditions

The objectives of the study were to determine: (1) daily energy expenditure (EE) of athletic and non-athletic adolescents of both sexes in free-living conditions; (2) day-to-day variations in daily EE during 1 week; (3) energy costs of the main activities; and (4) the effect of usual activity on EE during sleep, seated and miscellaneous activities. Fifty adolescents (four groups of eleven to fifteen boys or girls aged 16–19 years) participated in the study. Body composition was measured by the skinfold-thickness method, and VO2max and external mechanical power (EMP) by a direct method (respiratory gas exchanges) on a cycloergometer. Daily EE and partial EE in free-living conditions were computed from heart-rate (HR) recordings during seven consecutive days using individual prediction equations established from the data obtained during a 24 h period spent in whole-body calorimeters with similar activities. Fat-free mass (FFM), VO2max, EMP, daily EE and EE during sleep were significantly higher in athletic than in non-athletic subjects. After adjustment for FFM, VO2max, EMP, daily EE and EE during exercise were still higher in athletic than in non-athletic adolescents (P<0·001). However, adjusted sleeping EE was not significantly different between athletic and non-athletic adolescents. Increases in exercise EE were partly compensated for by significant reductions in EE during schoolwork and miscellaneous activities. Thus, the differences in daily EE between athletic and non-athletic subjects resulted mainly from increases in FFM and EE during exercise (duration and energy cost).

scholarly journals Free and esterified fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis in adult malesand its effect on the doubly-labelled water method

2000 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Haggarty ◽  
P. Shetty ◽  
S. Thangam ◽  
S. Kumar ◽  
A. Kurpad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Free Fatty Acid ◽  
Energy Balance ◽  
Cholesterol Synthesis ◽  
Western Diet ◽  
Lipid Classes ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Doubly Labelled Water ◽  
Typical Western Diet

The purpose of the present study was to estimate whole-body fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis in weight-stable adults and to determine the likely effect on the doubly-labelled water (DLW) method for measuring energy expenditure. Synthesis was measured by 2H incorporation over 14 d in six adult males in approximate energy balance following noradrenaline infusion to maximize mobilization of free fatty acid from adipose tissue. The inter-individual variation in synthesis rates was large and in one subject the proportion of free fatty acid synthesized was ten times that of the mean of the rest of the group; the fasting concentration of esterified fatty acid in this subject was five times that of the rest of the group indicating likely violation of the assumptions underlying the calculation of whole-body synthesis. After 14 d of labelling in the other five subjects, 0·9 (SEM 0·3) % OF THE CIRCULATING FREE FATTY ACID, 9·3 (sem 3·0) % of the esterified fatty acid, 14·6 (sem 2·4) % of the free cholesterol and 28·3 (sem 3·7) % of esterified cholesterol had been synthesized de novo. A high rate of synthesis correlated with a low pre-dose 2H abundance both within and between lipid classes suggesting that natural 2H abundance variations in some lipid classes may be used to determine their metabolic origin. Whole-body synthetic rates were 8 g/d for fatty acid and 0·3–0·5 g/d for cholesterol. These values correspond to very small errors on DLW-derived estimates of CO2 production; -2·5 litres/d for fatty acid and -0·1 to -0·2 litres/d for cholesterol. These results, obtained in subjects typically consuming a diet with a lower fat and cholesterol content that the typical Western diet, suggest that the DLW method is unlikely to be affected by fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis in subjects in energy balance consuming a typical Western diet.

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