ArticleNutrients2021
Resting Energy Expenditure and Related Factors in 6- to 9-Year-Old Southern African Children of Diverse Population Groups.
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- Physical Activity Patterns and Cardiometabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents with Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Physical Activity and Related Factors in Pre-Adolescent Southern African Children of Diverse Population Groups.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Longitudinal analysis of resting energy expenditure and body mass composition in physically active children and adolescents.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
Lower resting energy expenditure (REE) may partially explain the disproportionate prevalence of overweight/obesity among black African women. As no previous studies have investigated the REE of Southern African (South. Afr.) children, we aimed to determine, by sex and population group, the REE of 6- to 9-year-old urban school children. In a cross-sectional study with quota sampling, REE was measured with indirect calorimetry (IC). Confounders considered were: body composition (BC) (fat-free mass (FFM), FFM index, fat mass (FM), FM index), assessed using multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis, and physical activity (PA) measured with a pedometer. Multivariate regression was used to calculate REE adjusted for phenotypes (BC, z-scores of weight-for-age, height-for-age, body mass index-for-age) and PA. Sex and population differences in REE were determined with two-way ANOVA. Ninety-four healthy children (59.6% girls; 52.1% black) with similar socioeconomic status and PA opportunities participated. Despite BC variations, sex differences in REE were not significant (41 kcal/day;
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