Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Total energy expenditure is repeatable in adults but not associated with short-term changes in body composition

  • Rebecca Rimbach,
  • Yosuke Yamada,
  • Hiroyuki Sagayama,
  • Philip N. Ainslie,
  • Lene F. Anderson,
  • Liam J. Anderson,
  • Lenore Arab,
  • Issaad Baddou,
  • Kweku Bedu-Addo,
  • Ellen E. Blaak,
  • Stephane Blanc,
  • Alberto G. Bonomi,
  • Carlijn V. C. Bouten,
  • Pascal Bovet,
  • Maciej S. Buchowski,
  • Nancy F. Butte,
  • Stefan G. J. A. Camps,
  • Graeme L. Close,
  • Jamie A. Cooper,
  • Sai Krupa Das,
  • Lara R. Dugas,
  • Ulf Ekelund,
  • Sonja Entringer,
  • Terrence Forrester,
  • Barry W. Fudge,
  • Annelies H. Goris,
  • Michael Gurven,
  • Catherine Hambly,
  • Asmaa El Hamdouchi,
  • Marije B. Hoos,
  • Sumei Hu,
  • Noorjehan Joonas,
  • Annemiek M. Joosen,
  • Peter Katzmarzyk,
  • Kitty P. Kempen,
  • Misaka Kimura,
  • William E. Kraus,
  • Robert F. Kushner,
  • Estelle V. Lambert,
  • William R. Leonard,
  • Nader Lessan,
  • Corby K. Martin,
  • Anine C. Medin,
  • Erwin P. Meijer,
  • James C. Morehen,
  • James P. Morton,
  • Marian L. Neuhouser,
  • Theresa A. Nicklas,
  • Robert M. Ojiambo,
  • Kirsi H. Pietiläinen,
  • Yannis P. Pitsiladis,
  • Jacob Plange-Rhule,
  • Guy Plasqui,
  • Ross L. Prentice,
  • Roberto A. Rabinovich,
  • Susan B. Racette,
  • David A. Raichlen,
  • Eric Ravussin,
  • Rebecca M. Reynolds,
  • Susan B. Roberts,
  • Albertine J. Schuit,
  • Anders M. Sjödin,
  • Eric Stice,
  • Samuel S. Urlacher,
  • Giulio Valenti,
  • Ludo M. Van Etten,
  • Edgar A. Van Mil,
  • Jonathan C. K. Wells,
  • George Wilson,
  • Brian M. Wood,
  • Jack Yanovski,
  • Tsukasa Yoshida,
  • Xueying Zhang,
  • Alexia J. Murphy-Alford,
  • Cornelia U. Loechl,
  • Amy H. Luke,
  • Jennifer Rood,
  • Dale A. Schoeller,
  • Klaas R. Westerterp,
  • William W. Wong,
  • John R. Speakman,
  • Herman Pontzer,
  • The IAEA DLW Database Consortium

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27246-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Low total energy expenditure (TEE) has been a hypothesized risk factor for weight gain, but longitudinal repeatability of TEE is incompletely understood. Here the authors report that TEE is repeatable for adults, but not for children, and increases in TEE (adjusted for fat-free mass, fat mass, age and sex) are not associated with body composition changes in short-term longitudinal analyses.