Energy Expenditure
Energy Expenditure
Energy Expenditure
EXPENDITURE
SANJANA VENKATARAMAN
I YEAR MPT (OBG)
ENERGY EXPENDITURE
• Refers to the total calories required to complete a given task
• Usually estimated from the amount of oxygen consumed during activity
• TOTAL DAILY ENERGY EXPENDITURE (TDEE)
• TDEE estimates how many calories the body burns daily by accounting for
three major contributing factors:
- Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
- Activity level
- Thermic effect of food metabolism
• Overall energy expenditure = RMR + TEF + EEA
• Amount of energy per minute the body uses to maintain a quiet resting state
• This is approximately 1 Cal per minute
• Over the course of the day (and night), a person will expend a substantial amount
of calories just to maintain the body (1440 minutes in a day x 1 Cal/min = 1440
Cal per day)
• Approximately 60% to 75% of the energy used every day is needed to maintain
the essential body functions that sustain life. These functions include nervous
system activity, breathing, heart function, thermoregulation, and hormone activity
BMR and RMR measurements are taken under different conditions:
BMR measurements are typically taken in a darkened room upon waking after
8hours of sleep and 12 hours of fasting (to ensure that the digestive system is
inactive),with the subject resting in a reclining position
RMR measurements are typically taken under less restricted conditions than BMR,
and do not require the subject to spend the night sleeping in the test facility prior to
measurement. As a result, RMR has become the more popular measure, and BMR is
not often measured anymore
THERMIC EFFECT OF FOOD
• Estimate kcal expenditure during rest by multiplying one’s surface area from
nomogram by appropriate kcal expenditure/m² per hour by 24 hrs
• Also possible to use Harris Bennedict formula
• Estimated values w/i ± 5% measured values
ENERGY EXPENDITURE IN PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY
EXPRESSION OF ENERGY EXPENDITURE
• Total (gross) – Resting energy expenditure (REE) = Net energy cost of the
activity per sec
• Recovery energy included in Total = exercise energy + recovery energy
• Utilization of 1 liter of O2 generates about 5 kcal of energy
• Net O2 cost of exercise = exercise VO2 + recovery VO2 – (resting VO2 x time)
• Energy expended during weight-bearing activities increases proportional to body
mass.
• There is little relationship between body mass and energy expended during non-
weight bearing activities
• Average daily Total Energy
Expenditure estimated to be 2900
- 3000 kCal for males, and 2200
kCal for females 15-50 year of
adult
• Great variability exists because
of one’s physical activity,
average person spends __% day
sedentary
CLASSIFICATION OF WORK
FACTORS:
• Duration (min)
• Intensity (VO2 & kCal)
• METs - a measure of activity,
intensity & represents an average
person’s resting metabolism or VO2
• 1 MET = 3.5 ml kgֿ ¹minֿ ¹
• Intensity of work often related to
heart rate because of linear
relationship to oxygen uptake