OBJECTIVE Undernutrition, which implies an imbalance between energy intake and energy requirements, is common in patients with cystic fibrosis. The aim of this study was to compare resting energy expenditure determined by indirect calorimetry with that obtained with commonly used predictive equations in adults with cystic fibrosis and to assess the influence of clinical variables on the values ...

BACKGROUND Liver cirrhosis is associated with reduced energy intake and increased resting energy expenditure. OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the possible role of glucose, insulin, leptin, and ghrelin in the pathogenesis of these alterations. DESIGN Nutritional status, energy intake, resting energy expenditure, and fasting glucose, insulin, and leptin were assessed in 31 patients with cir...

mprovement in functional performance is considered an important management goal in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Pulmonary rehabilitation is now considered as an evidence based intervention to achieve an improvement in functional capacity as well as other management goals such as improved health status and reduction in breathlessness. 1 Although exercise training i...

BACKGROUND Aging is a process associated with physiological changes such as in body composition, energy expenditure and physical activity. Data on energy and nutrient intake adequacy among elderly is important for disease prevention, health maintenance and program development. METHODS This descriptive cross-sectional study was designed to determine the energy requirements and adequacy of ener...

We investigated the relationship between serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK) activity and energy expenditure in young adults and evaluated whether serum CPK activity is a useful index of energy expenditure. These data were obtained from 225 (men: 94, women: 131) healthy young adults. The results of the survey were as follows: In men, there was a statistically significant correlation between seru...

OBJECTIVES to determine the concurrent validity of a physical activity diary for measuring physical activity level and total energy expenditure in hospitalized stroke patients. METHOD Sixteen stroke patients kept coded activity diaries and wore SenseWear Pro2 multi-sensor activity monitors during daytime hours for one day. A researcher observed the patients and completed a diary. Data from th...

[Purpose] Forest walking may be effective for human health, but little information is available about effects of energy expenditure on blood pressure responses after forest walking. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the activity energy expenditure and changes in blood pressure in individuals after forest walking. [Subjects] The subjects were 54 middle-aged and el...

The study aims to describe and compare two methods of energy intake assessment and one measure of energy expenditure applied in adolescents from a birth cohort. In a sub-sample of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort, followed up in 2006-7, information on intake was obtained through a food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and three 24-hour-recalls (24hR), while energy expenditure was assessed us...