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Comparison of heart rate monitoring combined with indirect calorimetry and the doubly labelled water (2H2 18O) method for the measurement of energy expenditure in children

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The aim of the present study was to compare data on 24-h energy expenditure (EE24 h) in nine boys and ten girls (mean age 9.3 and 8.1 years, respectively) by heart rates (f c) combined with energy expenditure obtained from a 1-day stay in an indirect calorimeter (EEcal) and a 2-week period of normal living using the doubly labelled water method (EEdlw). Individual calibration curves were derived fromf c and oxygen uptake measured during sleep (in the calorimeter), standing and walking on a treadmill. An estimation of energy expenditure based on 24-hf c, monitoring (EEf c) was made during the stay in the calorimeter and on a normal school-day. Mean results showed an overestimation in EE fc compared to EEcal and EEdlw of 10.4% and 12.3% respectively, varying from 6.3% to 16.2%. These results confirmed earlier observations in adults that for a group thef c method overestimates EE24 h by about 10%.

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  1. Department of Human Biology, University of Limburg, PO-Box 616, NL-6200, MD Maastricht, The Netherlands

    H. J. G. Emons, D. C. Groenenboom, K. R. Westerterp & W. H. M. Saris

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Emons, H.J.G., Groenenboom, D.C., Westerterp, K.R. et al. Comparison of heart rate monitoring combined with indirect calorimetry and the doubly labelled water (2H2 18O) method for the measurement of energy expenditure in children. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 65, 99–103 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00705064

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