iScience (Aug 2022)
Human total, basal and activity energy expenditures are independent of ambient environmental temperature
- Xueying Zhang,
- Yosuke Yamada,
- Hiroyuki Sagayama,
- Philip N. Ainslie,
- Ellen E. Blaak,
- Maciej S. Buchowski,
- Graeme L. Close,
- Jamie A. Cooper,
- Sai Krupa Das,
- Lara R. Dugas,
- Michael Gurven,
- Asmaa El Hamdouchi,
- Sumei Hu,
- Noorjehan Joonas,
- Peter Katzmarzyk,
- William E. Kraus,
- Robert F. Kushner,
- William R. Leonard,
- Corby K. Martin,
- Erwin P. Meijer,
- Marian L. Neuhouser,
- Robert M. Ojiambo,
- Yannis P. Pitsiladis,
- Guy Plasqui,
- Ross L. Prentice,
- Susan B. Racette,
- Eric Ravussin,
- Leanne M. Redman,
- Rebecca M. Reynolds,
- Susan B. Roberts,
- Luis B. Sardinha,
- Analiza M. Silva,
- Eric Stice,
- Samuel S. Urlacher,
- Edgar A. Van Mil,
- Brian M. Wood,
- Alexia J. Murphy-Alford,
- Cornelia Loechl,
- Amy H. Luke,
- Jennifer Rood,
- Dale A. Schoeller,
- Klaas R. Westerterp,
- William W. Wong,
- Herman Pontzer,
- John R. Speakman,
- Lene F. Andersen,
- Liam J. Anderson,
- Lenore Arab,
- Issad Baddou,
- Bedu Addo,
- Stephane Blanc,
- Alberto Bonomi,
- Carlijn V.C. Bouten,
- Pascal Bovet,
- Stefan Branth,
- Niels C. De Bruin,
- Nancy F. Butte,
- Lisa H. Colbert,
- Stephan G. Camps,
- Alice E. Dutman,
- Simon D. Eaton,
- Ulf Ekelund,
- Sonja Entringer,
- Cara Ebbeling,
- Sölve Elmståhl,
- Mikael Fogelholm,
- Terrence Forrester,
- Barry W. Fudge,
- Tamara Harris,
- Rik Heijligenberg,
- Annelies H. Goris,
- Catherine Hambly,
- Marije B. Hoos,
- Hans U. Jorgensen,
- Annemiek M. Joosen,
- Kitty P. Kempen,
- Misaka Kimura,
- Watanee Kriengsinyos,
- Estelle V. Lambert,
- Christel L. Larsson,
- Nader Lessan,
- David S. Ludwig,
- Margaret McCloskey,
- Anine C. Medin,
- Gerwin A. Meijer,
- Eric Matsiko,
- Alida Melse-Boonstra,
- James C. Morehen,
- James P. Morton,
- Theresa A. Nicklas,
- Daphne L. Pannemans,
- Kirsi H. Pietiläinen,
- Renaat M. Philippaerts,
- Roberto A. Rabinovich,
- John J. Reilly,
- Elisabet M. Rothenberg,
- Albertine J. Schuit,
- Sabine Schulz,
- Anders M. Sjödin,
- Amy Subar,
- Minna Tanskanen,
- Ricardo Uauy,
- Giulio Valenti,
- Ludo M. Van Etten,
- Rita Van den Berg-Emons,
- Wim G. Van Gemert,
- Erica J. Velthuis-te Wierik,
- Wilhelmine W. Verboeket-van de Venne,
- Jeanine A. Verbunt,
- Jonathan C.K. Wells,
- George Wilson
Affiliations
- Xueying Zhang
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Metabolic Health, Center for Energy Metabolism and Reproduction, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China; Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
- Yosuke Yamada
- Institute for Active Health, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Kyoto, Japan; National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan; Corresponding author
- Hiroyuki Sagayama
- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; Corresponding author
- Philip N. Ainslie
- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK; University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development Kelowna, Kelowna, BC, Canada
- Ellen E. Blaak
- Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Maciej S. Buchowski
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
- Graeme L. Close
- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
- Jamie A. Cooper
- Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
- Sai Krupa Das
- Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, MA, USA
- Lara R. Dugas
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health, Loyola University, Maywood, IL, USA; Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Michael Gurven
- Department of Anthropology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- Asmaa El Hamdouchi
- Unité Mixte de Recherche en Nutrition et Alimentation, CNESTEN- Université Ibn Tofail URAC39, Regional Designated Center of Nutrition Associated with AFRA/IAEA, Rabat, Morocco
- Sumei Hu
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, National Soybean Processing Industry Technology Innovation Center, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China; State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Noorjehan Joonas
- Central Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Peter Katzmarzyk
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- William E. Kraus
- Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
- Robert F. Kushner
- Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
- William R. Leonard
- Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- Corby K. Martin
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- Erwin P. Meijer
- Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Marian L. Neuhouser
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Robert M. Ojiambo
- Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya; University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda
- Yannis P. Pitsiladis
- University of Brighton, Eastbourne, UK
- Guy Plasqui
- Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Ross L. Prentice
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Susan B. Racette
- Program in Physical Therapy and Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
- Eric Ravussin
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- Leanne M. Redman
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- Rebecca M. Reynolds
- Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Susan B. Roberts
- Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, MA, USA
- Luis B. Sardinha
- Exercise and Health Laboratory, CIPER, Department of Sport and Health, Faculdade Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Analiza M. Silva
- Exercise and Health Laboratory, CIPER, Department of Sport and Health, Faculdade Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Eric Stice
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Samuel S. Urlacher
- Department of Anthropology, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA; Child and Brain Development Program, CIFAR, Toronto, Canada
- Edgar A. Van Mil
- Maastricht University, Maastricht and Lifestyle Medicine Center for Children, Jeroen Bosch Hospital’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
- Brian M. Wood
- University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Human Behavior, Ecology, and Culture. Leipzig, Germany
- Alexia J. Murphy-Alford
- Nutritional and Health Related Environmental Studies Section, Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
- Cornelia Loechl
- Nutritional and Health Related Environmental Studies Section, Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
- Amy H. Luke
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, Loyola University School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USA; Corresponding author
- Jennifer Rood
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA; Corresponding author
- Dale A. Schoeller
- Biotech Center and Nutritional Sciences University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA; Corresponding author
- Klaas R. Westerterp
- NUTRIM, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Corresponding author
- William W. Wong
- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX, USA; Corresponding author
- Herman Pontzer
- Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Corresponding author
- John R. Speakman
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Metabolic Health, Center for Energy Metabolism and Reproduction, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China; Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; CAS Center of Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Kunming, China; Corresponding author
- Lene F. Andersen
- Liam J. Anderson
- Lenore Arab
- Issad Baddou
- Bedu Addo
- Stephane Blanc
- Alberto Bonomi
- Carlijn V.C. Bouten
- Pascal Bovet
- Stefan Branth
- Niels C. De Bruin
- Nancy F. Butte
- Lisa H. Colbert
- Stephan G. Camps
- Alice E. Dutman
- Simon D. Eaton
- Ulf Ekelund
- Sonja Entringer
- Cara Ebbeling
- Sölve Elmståhl
- Mikael Fogelholm
- Terrence Forrester
- Barry W. Fudge
- Tamara Harris
- Rik Heijligenberg
- Annelies H. Goris
- Catherine Hambly
- Marije B. Hoos
- Hans U. Jorgensen
- Annemiek M. Joosen
- Kitty P. Kempen
- Misaka Kimura
- Watanee Kriengsinyos
- Estelle V. Lambert
- Christel L. Larsson
- Nader Lessan
- David S. Ludwig
- Margaret McCloskey
- Anine C. Medin
- Gerwin A. Meijer
- Eric Matsiko
- Alida Melse-Boonstra
- James C. Morehen
- James P. Morton
- Theresa A. Nicklas
- Daphne L. Pannemans
- Kirsi H. Pietiläinen
- Renaat M. Philippaerts
- Roberto A. Rabinovich
- John J. Reilly
- Elisabet M. Rothenberg
- Albertine J. Schuit
- Sabine Schulz
- Anders M. Sjödin
- Amy Subar
- Minna Tanskanen
- Ricardo Uauy
- Giulio Valenti
- Ludo M. Van Etten
- Rita Van den Berg-Emons
- Wim G. Van Gemert
- Erica J. Velthuis-te Wierik
- Wilhelmine W. Verboeket-van de Venne
- Jeanine A. Verbunt
- Jonathan C.K. Wells
- George Wilson
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 25,
no. 8
p. 104682
Abstract
Summary: Lower ambient temperature (Ta) requires greater energy expenditure to sustain body temperature. However, effects of Ta on human energetics may be buffered by environmental modification and behavioral compensation. We used the IAEA DLW database for adults in the USA (n = 3213) to determine the effect of Ta (−10 to +30°C) on TEE, basal (BEE) and activity energy expenditure (AEE) and physical activity level (PAL). There were no significant relationships (p > 0.05) between maximum, minimum and average Ta and TEE, BEE, AEE and PAL. After adjustment for fat-free mass, fat mass and age, statistically significant (p < 0.01) relationships between TEE, BEE and Ta emerged in females but the effect sizes were not biologically meaningful. Temperatures inside buildings are regulated at 18–25°C independent of latitude. Hence, adults in the US modify their environments to keep TEE constant across a wide range of external ambient temperatures.
