Energy intake and energy expenditure in prepubertal males with asthma.

Total energy expenditure and physical activity in prepubertal children: recent advances based on the application of the doubly labeled water method.

The prevalence of obesity in children has continued to increase despite a general increased awareness of health and fitness. Epidemiologic data show that the prevalence of obesity in children is approximately 25%, with a higher prevalence in some subgroups of the population. In addition, the incidence of obesity-related diseases is dramatically increasing in children. For example, the incidence...

Relationship between Energy Expenditure Related Factors and Oxidative Stress in Follicular Fluid

Serum leptin and energy expenditure in children.

Leptin has been hypothesized to play an important role in energy balance by affecting both energy intake and energy expenditure. The purpose of our study was to determine the relationship between fasting serum leptin concentrations and measures of energy expenditure in prepubertal children. We measured total energy expenditure (TEE; by the doubly labeled water technique), resting energy expendi...

Energy intake and resting energy expenditure in adult male rats after early postnatal food restriction.

Both in man and in animal models, changes in food intake and body composition in later life have been reported after alterations in perinatal nutrition. Therefore, we hypothesised that early postnatal undernutrition in the rat induces permanent changes in energy balance. Food restriction (FR) during lactation was achieved by enlarging litter size to twenty pups, whereas control animals were rai...

Increased resting energy expenditure in childhood asthma: does this contribute towards growth failure?

In order to determine whether or not there was a relationship between disorders of growth in children suffering from asthma and either increased resting energy expenditure or inadequate energy intake, a group of 34 children suffering from perennial symptoms were studied. A control group matched with the asthmatic children for sex and fat free mass were similarly studied. The children kept seven...