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Total energy expenditure is repeatable in adults but not associated with short-term changes in body composition

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  • Rebecca Rimbach

    (Duke University
    University of the Witwatersrand)

  • Yosuke Yamada

    (National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
    Kyoto University of Advanced Science)

  • Hiroyuki Sagayama

    (University of Tsukuba)

  • Philip N. Ainslie

    (Liverpool John Moores University)

  • Lene F. Anderson

    (University of Oslo)

  • Liam J. Anderson

    (Liverpool John Moores University
    Crewe Alexandra Football Club)

  • Lenore Arab

    (University of California)

  • Issaad Baddou

    (Unité Mixte de Recherche en Nutrition et Alimentation, CNESTEN- Université Ibn Tofail URAC39, Regional Designated Center of Nutrition Associated with AFRA/IAEA)

  • Kweku Bedu-Addo

    (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)

  • Ellen E. Blaak

    (Maastricht University)

  • Stephane Blanc

    (University of Wisconsin
    CNRS Université de Strasbourg)

  • Alberto G. Bonomi

    (Phillips Research)

  • Carlijn V. C. Bouten

    (Department of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems Eindhoven Unversity of Technology)

  • Pascal Bovet

    (Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital)

  • Maciej S. Buchowski

    (Vanderbilt University)

  • Nancy F. Butte

    (USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center)

  • Stefan G. J. A. Camps

    (Maastricht University)

  • Graeme L. Close

    (Liverpool John Moores University)

  • Jamie A. Cooper

    (University of Wisconsin)

  • Sai Krupa Das

    (Tufts University)

  • Lara R. Dugas

    (Loyola University)

  • Ulf Ekelund

    (Norwegian School of Sport Sciences)

  • Sonja Entringer

    (Institute of Medical Psychology
    University of California Irvine)

  • Terrence Forrester

    (University of the West Indies)

  • Barry W. Fudge

    (University of Glasgow)

  • Annelies H. Goris

    (Maastricht University)

  • Michael Gurven

    (University of California Santa Barbara)

  • Catherine Hambly

    (University of Aberdeen)

  • Asmaa El Hamdouchi

    (Unité Mixte de Recherche en Nutrition et Alimentation, CNESTEN- Université Ibn Tofail URAC39, Regional Designated Center of Nutrition Associated with AFRA/IAEA)

  • Marije B. Hoos

    (Maastricht University)

  • Sumei Hu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Noorjehan Joonas

    (Ministry of Health and Wellness)

  • Annemiek M. Joosen

    (Maastricht University)

  • Peter Katzmarzyk

    (Pennington Biomedical Research Center)

  • Kitty P. Kempen

    (Maastricht University)

  • Misaka Kimura

    (National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition)

  • William E. Kraus

    (Duke University)

  • Robert F. Kushner

    (Northwestern University)

  • Estelle V. Lambert

    (University of Cape Town)

  • William R. Leonard

    (Northwestern University)

  • Nader Lessan

    (Imperial College London)

  • Corby K. Martin

    (Pennington Biomedical Research Center)

  • Anine C. Medin

    (University of Oslo
    University of Agder)

  • Erwin P. Meijer

    (Maastricht University)

  • James C. Morehen

    (Liverpool John Moores University
    The FA Group, Burton-Upon-Trent)

  • James P. Morton

    (Liverpool John Moores University)

  • Marian L. Neuhouser

    (University of Washington)

  • Theresa A. Nicklas

    (USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center)

  • Robert M. Ojiambo

    (Moi University
    University of Global Health Equity)

  • Kirsi H. Pietiläinen

    (Helsinki University Central Hospital)

  • Yannis P. Pitsiladis

    (University of Brighton)

  • Jacob Plange-Rhule

    (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)

  • Guy Plasqui

    (Maastricht University)

  • Ross L. Prentice

    (University of Washington)

  • Roberto A. Rabinovich

    (University of Edinburgh)

  • Susan B. Racette

    (Washington University School of Medicine)

  • David A. Raichlen

    (University of Southern California)

  • Eric Ravussin

    (Pennington Biomedical Research Center)

  • Rebecca M. Reynolds

    (University of Edinburgh)

  • Susan B. Roberts

    (Tufts University)

  • Albertine J. Schuit

    (University of Tilburg)

  • Anders M. Sjödin

    (Copenhagen University)

  • Eric Stice

    (Stanford University)

  • Samuel S. Urlacher

    (Baylor University)

  • Giulio Valenti

    (Maastricht University)

  • Ludo M. Etten

    (Maastricht University)

  • Edgar A. Mil

    (Maastricht University, Maastricht and Lifestyle Medicine Center for Children, Jeroen Bosch Hospital’s-Hertogenbosch)

  • Jonathan C. K. Wells

    (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health)

  • George Wilson

    (Liverpool John Moores University)

  • Brian M. Wood

    (University of California Los Angeles
    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Human Behavior, Ecology, and Culture)

  • Jack Yanovski

    (Growth and Obesity, Division of Intramural Research, NIH)

  • Tsukasa Yoshida

    (University of Tsukuba)

  • Xueying Zhang

    (University of Aberdeen
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Alexia J. Murphy-Alford

    (International Atomic Energy Agency)

  • Cornelia U. Loechl

    (International Atomic Energy Agency)

  • Amy H. Luke

    (Loyola University School of Medicine)

  • Jennifer Rood

    (Pennington Biomedical Research Center)

  • Dale A. Schoeller

    (Biotech Center and Nutritional Sciences University of Wisconsin)

  • Klaas R. Westerterp

    (University of Maastricht)

  • William W. Wong

    (USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center)

  • John R. Speakman

    (University of Aberdeen
    Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Sciences
    CAS Center of Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics)

  • Herman Pontzer

    (Duke University
    Duke University)

Abstract

Low total energy expenditure (TEE, MJ/d) has been a hypothesized risk factor for weight gain, but repeatability of TEE, a critical variable in longitudinal studies of energy balance, is understudied. We examine repeated doubly labeled water (DLW) measurements of TEE in 348 adults and 47 children from the IAEA DLW Database (mean ± SD time interval: 1.9 ± 2.9 y) to assess repeatability of TEE, and to examine if TEE adjusted for age, sex, fat-free mass, and fat mass is associated with changes in weight or body composition. Here, we report that repeatability of TEE is high for adults, but not children. Bivariate Bayesian mixed models show no among or within-individual correlation between body composition (fat mass or percentage) and unadjusted TEE in adults. For adults aged 20–60 y (N = 267; time interval: 7.4 ± 12.2 weeks), increases in adjusted TEE are associated with weight gain but not with changes in body composition; results are similar for subjects with intervals >4 weeks (N = 53; 29.1 ± 12.8 weeks). This suggests low TEE is not a risk factor for, and high TEE is not protective against, weight or body fat gain over the time intervals tested.

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  • Rebecca Rimbach & Yosuke Yamada & Hiroyuki Sagayama & Philip N. Ainslie & Lene F. Anderson & Liam J. Anderson & Lenore Arab & Issaad Baddou & Kweku Bedu-Addo & Ellen E. Blaak & Stephane Blanc & Albert, 2022. "Total energy expenditure is repeatable in adults but not associated with short-term changes in body composition," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-27246-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27246-z
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