Predictive validity and classification accuracy of actigraph energy expenditure equations and cut-points in young children [PDF]
Objectives: Evaluate the predictive validity of ActiGraph energy expenditure equations and the classification accuracy of physical activity intensity cut-points in preschoolers.
Anthony D Okely +31 more
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Aerobic capacity, activity levels and daily energy expenditure in male and female adolescents of the kenyan nandi sub-group [PDF]
The relative importance of genetic and socio-cultural influences contributing to the success of east Africans in endurance athletics remains unknown in part because the pre-training phenotype of this population remains incompletely assessed.
Speakman, John R +6 more
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What are the odds? On the determinants of high residential energy expenditure
A precise understanding of the relationships between the household characteristics and the residential energy consumption is needed to support the implementation of effective top-bottom energy strategies and to improve the prediction of forecasting ...
Giorgio Besagni, Marco Borgarello
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Validity of sports watches when estimating energy expenditure during running
Background The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of three different sport watches in estimating energy expenditure during aerobic and anaerobic running.
Lilian Roos +3 more
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Energy expenditure of “Kinect™” exergaming in schoolchildren [PDF]
With declining levels of physical activity and increasing body mass indexes recent research has proposed that active video gaming could be a potential tool in the fight against childhood obesity.
Smallwood, Stephen R.
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Quantifying Travel Physical Energy Expenditure for Urban Travellers – A Case Study of Beijing
Travel physical energy expenditure for travellers has impact on travel mode choice behaviour. However, quantitative study on travel physical energy expenditure is rare. In this paper, the concept of travel physical energy expenditure coefficient has been
Xin Hong, Lingyun Meng, Jian An
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Energy expenditure during overfeeding
The large inter-individual variation in weight gain during standardized overfeeding together with a weight gain that is often less than theoretically calculated from the energy excess suggest that there are differences between persons in the capacity to ...
Westerterp Klaas R, Joosen Annemiek MCP
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Assessment of physical activity and energy expenditure: an overview of objective measures
The ability to assess energy expenditure and estimate physical activity in free-living individuals is extremely important in the global context of non-communicable diseases including malnutrition, overnutrition (obesity) and diabetes.
Andrew P Hills +3 more
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Wydatek energetyczny wybranych rodzajów treningów podejmowanych przez sportowców amatorów
The aim of the study was to compare energy expenditure during three amateur athletes trainings, ie. volleyball, badminton and karate. The study was conducted among 36 adults (23 men and 13 women), aged 39 ±8.
Anna Anyżewska +2 more
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A pyrexic effect of FGF21 independent of energy expenditure and UCP1
Objective: Administration of FGF21 to mice reduces body weight and increases body temperature. The increase in body temperature is generally interpreted as hyperthermia, i.e.
Petr Zouhar +10 more
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