Energy Flashcards
Measure energy expenditure: Direct Calorimetry?
Calorimeter
Measure energy expenditure: Indirect Calorimetry?
Open-circuit Spirometry—>
Portable systems Douglas bag Computerised (breath-breath)
Measure energy expenditure: Stable Isotopes?
2H+18O—>
Doubly labelled water (2H2 18O)—>
Ingestion—>
Distribution (5h)—>
Excretion: Urine (2H+18O) + Breath( 18O)
Measure energy expenditure: Prediction Equations
Prediction equations
Components of energy expenditure?
- Basal Metabolic Rate
- Thermic Effect of Food
- Thermic Effect of Activity
- Growth (children, pregnancy)
Basal Metabolic Rate: A measure of an individual’s metabolism in a basal state?
– Immediately after waking (awake)
– Lying supine (eg resting),
– Fasted (all food digested/absorbed, eg >12h fast)
– Thermally neutral conditions
– (eg. no other physical or psychological stimulation).
Basal Metabolic Rate: Reflects energy required for:
– Breathing / circulation / ion pumps (eg normal bodily functions)
Basal Metabolic Rate: part 3?
- Requires specialist equipment to measure directly
- Several prediction equations
- BMR typically accounts for 40-70% energy expenditure.
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)?
- Failure to meet above conditions (eg arousal component)
* >BMR by ~10%
RMR in athletes: Background?
• Contribution of metabolic rate to total
EE varies depending on activity level.
RMR in athletes: Method?
- 10 female endurance runners v 10 sedentary controls.
* Thermic effect of meal (TEM) and thermic effect of activity (TEA).
RMR in athletes: Conclusion
• RMR accounted for 47% of energy expenditure in athletes compared to 61%
in sedentary controls.
Factors that influence BMR: Age?
- Declines by ~1-2% by year from 20 to 70yr
* Linked to muscle loss and brain weight
Factors that influence BMR: Gender?
- Menstrual cycle fluctuations (100 – 300kcal/d)
* Males > Females (body composition)
Factors that influence BMR: Body Size?
- Fat-free mass
* Muscle is very metabolically active
Factors that influence BMR: Exercise?
- Alterations in fat-free mass
- Muscle damage
- EPOC (intensity/duration dependent)
Factors that influence BMR: Nutritional Status?
• Undernutrition
Factors that influence BMR: Psychological factors?
• Anxiety can increase BMR