1. Aerobic fitness, energy balance, and body mass index are associated with training load assessed by activity energy expenditure
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Klaas R. Westerterp, Minna Tanskanen, Keijo Häkkinen, Arja Uusitalo, Heikki Kyröläinen, Matti Santtila, Juuso Nissilä, Humane Biologie, and RS: NUTRIM - R1 - Metabolic Syndrome
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Physical fitness ,Energy balance ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Doubly labeled water ,Overweight ,Body Mass Index ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,Oxygen Consumption ,0302 clinical medicine ,Animal science ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Aerobic exercise ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Exercise ,Finland ,Balance (ability) ,Mathematics ,2. Zero hunger ,Anthropometry ,business.industry ,030229 sport sciences ,Endocrinology ,Physical Fitness ,Basal metabolic rate ,Exercise Test ,medicine.symptom ,Energy Metabolism ,business ,Body mass index - Abstract
The present study examined whether activity energy expenditure related to body mass (AEE/kg) is associated with maximal aerobic fitness (VO(2max)), energy balance, and body mass index (BMI) during the 2 hardest weeks of the military basic training season (BT). An additional purpose was to study the accuracy of the pre-filled food diary energy intake. Energy expenditure (EE) with doubly labeled water, energy intake (EI), energy balance, and mis-recording was measured from 24 male conscripts with varying VO(2max). AEE/kg was calculated as (EE x 0.9-measured basal metabolic rate)/body mass. The reported EI was lower (P
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- 2009