Nutrition Energy Flashcards
How do you calculate BMI?
Weight (kg) / Height^2 (cm)
How do you calculate BMI?
Weight (kg) / Height^2 (cm)
What BMI is underweight?
What BMI is overweight?
> 25
What BMI is underweight?
What BMI is overweight?
> 25
Ideally, the amount of energy we consume should match…
…our daily energy expenditure (DEE).
What are the components the Daily Energy Expenditure (DEE)?
- Basal metabolism
- Physical activity
- Thermic effect of food
How is Basal metabolism expressed?
As the (1) Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) or the (2) closely related Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)
What does basal metabolism include?
Energy needed to sustain cellular and organ function while at rest.
What does BMR represent?
Ratio of metabolically active tissue to metabolically inactive adipose.
Factors that affect BMR are:
- Gender (males have a higher BMR)
- Body temperature (fever increases BMR)
- Environmental temperature (BMR increases with cold exposure)
- Thyroid hormone (BMR is increased with Hyperthyroidism)
- Reproduction (BMR is increased with pregnancy & lactation)
- Age (BMR decreases with age)
What rate remains relatively stable?
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
What rate varies widely from person to person, and day to day?
The amount of energy dedicated to physical activity
How is the energy of physical activity often expressed?
As a ‘multiplier’ over the BMR.
What is the range of the multiplier of physical activity?
The multiplier ranges from 1.0 for supine rest to 7.0 for heavy exertion.
What is DIT or TEF?
DIT - diet induced thermogenesis
TEF - thermic effect of food
The energy required to digest, absorb, distribute and store nutrients is referred to as DIT or TEF.
What varies according to the composition of someone’s diet?
DIT
How much potential energy is dedicated to DIT in a typical western diet?
About 10%
What is often ignored?
DIT
Why can DIT be ignored?
Using the rough estimates of 9 kcals/g for fat, 4 kcals/g carbs, and 4 kcal/g protein slightly overstates their actual caloric value.
How is metabolism quantified?
BMR or RMR
What is Basal Metabolic Rate measured in?
kcal/day
What is RMR measured in?
kcal/unit of time
RMR is similar to. . .
. . .BMR, but under less standardized conditions.
What is REE measured in?
Resting Energy Expenditure - kcal/day
What is REE composed of?
REE is BMR + DIT (DIT may be ignored, or may be estimated as 0.1 x BMR)