Energy expenditure in overweight, asthmatic adolescents

indirect calorimetry and prediction equations

Authors

  • Franceliane Jobim BENEDETT Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança do Adolescente.
  • Vera Lúcia BOSA Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina, Curso de Nutrição, Departamento de Pediatria e Puericultura.
  • Helena Teresinha MOCELIN Hospital da Criança Santo Antônio, Serviço de Pneumologia Pediátrica.
  • Juliana PALUDO Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança do Adolescente.
  • Elza Daniel de MELLO Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina, Curso de Nutrição, Departamento de Pediatria e Puericultura
  • Gilberto Bueno FISCHER Hospital da Criança Santo Antônio, Serviço de Pneumologia Pediátrica.

Keywords:

Asthma, Indirect calorimetry, Energy metabolism, Obesity, Adolescent health

Abstract

Objective
This study compared the energy expenditure measured by indirect calorimetry with that estimated by prediction equations in asthmatic and non-asthmatic adolescents.
Methods
This was a cross-sectional study with 69 adolescents aged 10 to 18 years. Three paired groups were compared (overweight, asthmatic adolescents, normal weight, asthmatic adolescents and overweight, non-asthmatic adolescents). Energy expenditure was estimated by indirect calorimetry and prediction equations.
Results
Each group consisted of 23 adolescents (10 females), with an average age of M=12.4, SD=2.4 years. In the group of overweight, asthmatic adolescents, the resting energy expenditure was M=1550.2, SD=547.2kcal/day; in the group of normal weight asthmatic adolescents, the resting energy expenditure was M=1540.8, SD=544.2kcal/day; and in the group of overweight, non-asthmatic adolescents, the resting energy expenditure was M=1697.2 SD=379.8kcal/day. The results were similar among groups even when adjusted for lean and fat mass (f=0.186; p=0.831). The total energy expenditure was also similar among groups, except that the Harris-Benedict formula underestimated the energy expenditure in normal weight asthmatic adolescents and overweight, non-asthmatic adolescents.
Conclusion
The resting energy expenditure was not statistically different among groups of asthmatic and non-asthmatic adolescents, even when adjusted for lean mass and fat mass. For all three groups, the predictive equations were useful for estimating the resting energy expenditure and total energy expenditure.

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BENEDETT, F. J., BOSA, V. L., MOCELIN, H. T. ., PALUDO, J. ., MELLO, E. D. de ., & FISCHER, G. B. . (2023). Energy expenditure in overweight, asthmatic adolescents: indirect calorimetry and prediction equations. Brazilian Journal of Nutrition, 24(1). Retrieved from https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/nutricao/article/view/9266

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