Exergames as an Effective Alternative to Real Environmental Tennis Training for Adolescents.

(1) Background: The popularity of motion-sensing computer-based games, like virtual reality (VR) exergames, is increasing among adolescents. However, their efficacy compared to conventional physical training methods remains unclear. This study investigated whether VR exergames produce effects on reaction time (RT) comparable to traditional tennis training in school-aged adolescents.

Evaluation of Reaction Time during the One-Leg Balance Activity in Young Soccer Players: A Pilot Study.

This study's aim was two-fold: (i) to test the intra-session reliability of the one-leg balance activity test; and (ii) to assess the influence of age on reaction time (RT) and the differences between dominant and non-dominant feet. Fifty young soccer players with an average age of 12.4 ± 1.

Fat-Free Mass and Total Daily Energy Expenditure Estimated Using Doubly Labeled Water Predict Energy Intake in a Large Sample of Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

Background: Up to 30% of community-based older adults report reduced appetite and energy intake (EI), but previous research examining the underlying physiological mechanisms has focused on the mechanisms that suppress eating rather than the hunger drive and EI.

Objectives: We examined the associations between fat-free mass (FFM), physical activity (PA), total daily energy expenditure (TDEE), and self-reported EI in older adults.

Methods: The present study was a secondary analysis of the Interactive Diet and Activity Tracking in AARP study.

Changes in torque complexity and maximal torque after a fatiguing exercise protocol.

Torque outputs exhibit non-random fluctuations in their temporal structure, i.e., complexity.

Associations between high-metabolic rate organ masses and fasting hunger: A study using whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in healthy males.

Background: Fat-free mass (FFM) has been shown to be positively associated with hunger and energy intake, an association mediated by resting metabolic rate (RMR). However, FFM comprises a heterogeneous group of tissues with distinct metabolic rates, and it remains unknown how specific high-metabolic rate organs contribute to the degree of perceived hunger.

Objective: To examine whether FFM and its anatomical components were associated with fasting hunger when assessed at the tissue-organ level.

Increases in physical activity are associated with a faster rate of weight loss during dietary energy restriction in women with overweight and obesity.

This secondary analysis examined the influence of changes in physical activity (PA), sedentary time and energy expenditure (EE) during dietary energy restriction on the rate of weight loss (WL) and 1-year follow-up weight change in women with overweight/obesity.Measurements of body weight and composition (air-displacement plethysmography), resting metabolic rate (indirect calorimetry), total daily (TDEE) and activity EE (AEE), minutes of PA and sedentary time (PA monitor) were taken at baseline, after 2 weeks, after ≥5% WL or 12 weeks of continuous (25% daily energy deficit) or intermittent (75% daily energy deficit alternated with ad libitum day) energy restriction, and at 1-year post-WL. The rate of WL was calculated as total %WL/number of dieting weeks.

Fat-Free Mass and Total Daily Energy Expenditure Estimated Using Doubly Labeled Water Predict Energy Intake in a Large Sample of Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

Background: Up to 30% of community-based older adults report reduced appetite and energy intake (EI), but previous research examining the underlying physiological mechanisms has focused on the mechanisms that suppress eating rather than the hunger drive and EI.

Objectives: We examined the associations between fat-free mass (FFM), physical activity (PA), total daily energy expenditure (TDEE), and self-reported EI in older adults.

Methods: The present study was a secondary analysis of the Interactive Diet and Activity Tracking in AARP study.

Does adaptive thermogenesis occur after weight loss in adults? A systematic review.

Adaptive thermogenesis (AT) has been proposed to be a compensatory response that may resist weight loss (WL) and promote weight regain. This systematic review examined the existence of AT in adults after a period of negative energy balance (EB) with or without a weight stabilisation phase. Studies published until 15 May 2020 were identified from PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, MEDLINE, SCOPUS and Web of Science.

Food Liking but Not Wanting Decreases after Controlled Intermittent or Continuous Energy Restriction to ≥5% Weight Loss in Women with Overweight/Obesity.

Food reward (i.e., liking and wanting) has been shown to decrease after different types of weight management interventions.

Body Fatness Influences Associations of Body Composition and Energy Expenditure with Energy Intake in Healthy Women.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the influence of body fatness on the associations of body composition and energy expenditure (EE) with energy intake (EI).

Methods: Data from 93 women (BMI = 25.5 [SD 4.

An exploratory investigation of the impact of 'fast' and 'feed' days during intermittent energy restriction on free-living energy balance behaviours and subjective states in women with overweight/obesity.

Background/objectives: This controlled-feeding randomised controlled trial examined free-living appetite and physical activity (PA) on 'fast' and 'feed' days during intermittent energy restriction (IER), compared to continuous energy restriction (CER).

Subjects/methods: Forty-six women with overweight/obesity (age = 35 ± 10 years, BMI = 29.1 ± 2.

The drive to eat in homo sapiens: Energy expenditure drives energy intake.

The drive to eat is a component of appetite control, independent of the omnivorous habit of humans, and separate from food choice, satiety and food reward. The drive forms part of the tonic component of appetite and arises from biological needs; it is distinct from episodic aspects of appetite which are heavily influenced by culture and the environment (and which reflect the omnivorous habit). It is proposed that the tonic drive to eat reflects a need state generated by metabolic energy expenditure (EE) required to maintain the functioning and integrity of vital organs.

Matched Weight Loss Through Intermittent or Continuous Energy Restriction Does Not Lead To Compensatory Increases in Appetite and Eating Behavior in a Randomized Controlled Trial in Women with Overweight and Obesity.

Background: Continuous energy restriction (CER) is purported to be problematic because of reductions in fat-free mass (FFM), compensatory motivation to overeat, and weakened satiety. Intermittent energy restriction (IER) is an alternative behavioral weight loss (WL) strategy that may mitigate some of these limitations.

Objective: The objective of the DIVA study was to compare the effects of CER and IER on appetite when the degree of WL (≥5%) is matched.

Metabolic adaptations during negative energy balance and their potential impact on appetite and food intake.

This review examines the metabolic adaptations that occur in response to negative energy balance and their potential putative or functional impact on appetite and food intake. Sustained negative energy balance will result in weight loss, with body composition changes similar for different dietary interventions if total energy and protein intake are equated. During periods of underfeeding, compensatory metabolic and behavioural responses occur that attenuate the prescribed energy deficit.

Effects of roller massager on muscle recovery after exercise-induced muscle damage.

Two experiments (n = 10) were conducted to determine the effects of roller massager (RM) on ankle plantar flexor muscle recovery after exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD). Experiment 1 examined both functional [i.e.