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APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY NUTRITION AND METABOLISM
Volume 41, Issue 6, Pages 611-617Publisher
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2015-0479
Keywords
body composition; fat free mass; energy intake; adolescent obesity; magnetic resonance imaging
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MCT-71979]
- Alberta Innovates-Health Solutions
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
- Canadian Diabetes Association
- University of Calgary
- University Research Chair
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Volunteer Association Board
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There has been renewed interest in examining the relationship between specific components of energy expenditure and the overall influence on energy intake (EI). The purpose of this cross-sectional analysis was to determine the strongest metabolic and anthropometric predictors of EI. It was hypothesized that resting metabolic rate (RMR) and skeletal muscle mass would be the strongest predictors of EI in a sample of overweight and obese adolescents. 304 post-pubertal adolescents (91 boys, 213 girls) aged 16.1 (+/- 1.4) years with body mass index at or above the 95th percentile for age and sex OR at or above the 85th percentile plus an additional diabetes risk factor were measured for body weight, RMR (kcal/day) by indirect calorimetry, body composition by magnetic resonance imaging (fat free mass (FFM), skeletal muscle mass, fat mass (FM), and percentage body fat), and EI (kcal/day) using 3 day food records. Body weight, RMR, FFM, skeletal muscle mass, and FM were all significantly correlated with EI (p < 0.005). After adjusting the model for age, sex, height, and physical activity, only FFM (beta = 21.9, p = 0.007) and skeletal muscle mass (beta = 25.8, p = 0.02) remained as significant predictors of EI. FFM and skeletal muscle mass also predicted dietary protein and fat intake (p < 0.05), but not carbohydrate intake. In conclusion, with skeletal muscle mass being the best predictor of EI, our results support the hypothesis that the magnitude of the body's lean tissue is related to absolute levels of EI in a sample of inactive adolescents with obesity.
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