Energy Balance Flashcards
What do TDEI and TDEE stand for?
TDEI: Total Daily Energy Intake
TDEE: Total Daily Energy Expenditure
What is the energy content of food measured in?
Calories (kcal)
A calorie is defined as the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1kg of water by 1°C.
What are the components of energy balance?
Energy Intake (EI) and Energy Expenditure (EE)
Fill in the blank: Energy balance indicates a body in _______.
equilibrium
What does the Atwater Factor provide?
Estimates of available or metabolizable energy from food
What are the Atwater factors for macronutrients?
- Carbohydrates: 4 kcal/g
- Fats: 9 kcal/g
- Proteins: 4 kcal/g
- Ethanol: 7 kcal/g
True or False: Atwater factors are precise values for all foods.
False
What is the coefficient of digestibility for carbohydrates and fats?
> 90%
What percentage of protein is nitrogen and does not contribute to energy?
15-19%
Which type of fiber provides 0 kcal/g?
Insoluble fiber
What is the significance of the % Daily Value on food labels?
5% or less is low, 20% or more is high
What happens to fat oxidation when carbohydrate intake is high?
Fat oxidation is suppressed
What is the oxidative hierarchy?
An indicator of the fuel’s dominance within metabolic pathways
Which macronutrient is burned first in the oxidative hierarchy?
Alcohol
What does a calorimetry study measure?
Energy expenditure (EE) based on macronutrient absorption
How can Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) be measured?
- Doubly Labeled Water
- Calorimetric Chamber
- Estimating components: RMR, TEF, EEA
What is the Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) as a percentage of TDEE?
60-75%
What does the term ‘thermic effect of food’ (TEF) refer to?
Dietary Induced Thermogenesis (DIT)
What is the main limitation of estimating energy availability from specific foods?
Energy availability may differ from general Atwater factors
Which macronutrient has the highest estimated efficacy for storage as body fat?
Fat (0.96)
Fill in the blank: The body has a small obligatory requirement for _______.
Fat
What occurs to energy availability when dietary fiber is present?
It can affect the digestibility of fats and carbohydrates
What is the primary purpose of the calorimetry study mentioned?
To investigate fuel selection by manipulating macronutrients
What is the difference between measuring Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) and Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)?
BMR is measured in a darkened room after 8 hours of sleep and 12 hours of fasting, while RMR is measured under less restricted conditions.