Energy balance in motion

Resource Information

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Label

Energy balance in motion

Statement of responsibility

Klaas R. Westerterp

Creator

• Westerterp, Klaas Roelof

Subject

• Bioenergetics
• Bioenergetics
• Biomedicine.
• Energy Metabolism
• Human physiology
• Human physiology
• Human physiology
• Human physiology.
• MEDICAL -- Physiology
• Medicine.
• Nutrition.
• Physiology
• SCIENCE -- Life Sciences | Human Anatomy & Physiology
• Bioenergetics

Language

eng

Summary

Energy balance can be maintained by adapting energy intake to changes in energy expenditure and vice versa, where short-term changes in energy expenditure are mainly caused by physical activity. Questions are whether physical activity is affected by over and under-eating, is intake affected by an increase or a decrease in physical activity, and does overweight affect physical activity? Presented evidence is largely based on studies where physical activity is quantified with doubly labeled water. Overeating does not affect physical activity while under-eating decreases habitual or voluntary physical activity. Thus, it is easier to gain weight than to lose weight. An exercise induced increase in energy requirement is compensated by intake while a change to a more sedentary routine does not induce an equivalent reduction of intake and generally results in weight gain. Overweight and obese subjects have similar activity energy expenditures than lean people despite they move less. There are two options to reverse the general population trend for an increasing body weight, reducing intake or increasing physical activity. Based on the results presented, eating less is most effective for preventing weight gain, despite a potential negative effect on physical activity when reaching a negative energy balance.{u200B}

Member of

• SpringerBriefs in physiology

Cataloging source

GW5XE

Dewey number

612/.01421

Index

index present

Language note

English

LC call number

QP517.B54

LC item number

W47 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

NLM call number

QU 125

Series statement

SpringerBriefs in physiology,