Energy expenditure and weight-related behaviors in youth with Down syndrome: a protocol.

Background: The consequences of obesity are ominous, yet healthcare professionals are not adequately preventing or treating obesity in youth with Down syndrome (DS). Total daily energy expenditure (TDEE) is the energy expended in 24 h through physical activity and life-sustaining physiologic processes. An individual's TDEE is essential for determining the daily caloric intake needed to maintain or change body weight.

Comparison of isotope ratio mass spectrometry and cavity ring-down spectroscopy procedures and precision of the doubly labeled water method in different physiological specimens.

Rationale: This study determines if saliva collection procedures for the doubly labeled water (DLW) method, used for measuring total energy expenditure (TEE), are comparable to urine and plasma collection. Both the cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) and isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) analyses techniques are compared.

Methods: Saliva specimens were collected from participants for the DLW method.

Alaska backcountry expeditionary hunting promotes rapid improvements in metabolic biomarkers in healthy males and females.

We have previously reported negative energy balance and health benefits during an Alaska backcountry expeditionary hunting (ABEH) immersion in two males. The purpose of our present study was to increase the number of participants, include females, and evaluate macronutrient intake and serum lipids. Four men (age: 46 ± 6 year, BMI: 26 ± 1 kg/m ) and three women (age: 46 ± 11 year, BMI: 25 ± 3 kg/m ) were recruited.

Systemic social and emotional learning: Promoting educational success for all preschool to high school students.

Social and emotional learning (SEL) has become more central to education because of demand from educators, parents, students, and business leaders alongside rigorous research showing broad, positive impacts for students and adults. However, all approaches to SEL are not equal. Systemic SEL is an approach to create equitable learning conditions that actively involve all Pre-K to Grade 12 students in learning and practicing social, emotional, and academic competencies.

Evaluating the potential of Special Olympics fitness models as a health intervention for adults with intellectual disabilities.

Background: People with intellectual disabilities (ID) have high prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors; yet, few behavioral health interventions are designed and implemented for people with ID.

Objective: This study examined Special Olympics Inc. (SOI) fitness models as a potential intervention to reduce CVD risk in people with ID.

Influence of Energy Balance on the Rate of Weight Loss Throughout One Year of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: a Doubly Labeled Water Study.

Objective: To investigate the influence of changes in energy balance and body composition on the rate of weight loss throughout 1 year of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

Methods: Variables were collected pre-, 6, and 12 months (M) post-surgery from 18 women (BMI ≥ 40 and ≤ 50 kg m, 20 to 45 years). Total energy expenditure (TEE), fat-free mass (FFM), and fat mass (FM) were measured by doubly labeled water.

The energy requirements and metabolic benefits of wilderness hunting in Alaska.

The purported healthy aspects of subsistence foods have led to the popularity of the Paleo diet. There has been very little focus, surprisingly, on health benefits derived from the nomadic nature of humans during the Paleolithic era. The purpose of our study was to examine total energy expenditure (TEE), total energy intake (TEI), body composition, blood lipids, and intrahepatic lipid in humans during a 12-day Alaskan backcountry expeditionary hunting (ABEH) immersion.

Dilution space ratio of 2H and 18O of doubly labeled water method in humans.

Variation of the dilution space ratio (Nd/No) between deuterium ((2)H) and oxygen-18 ((18)O) impacts the calculation of total energy expenditure (TEE) by doubly labeled water (DLW). Our aim was to examine the physiological and methodological sources of variation of Nd/No in humans. We analyzed data from 2,297 humans (0.

Doubly labeled water analysis using cavity ring-down spectroscopy.

The doubly labeled water method provides an objective and accurate measure of total energy expenditure in free-living subjects and is considered the gold-standard method for this measurement. Its use, however, is limited by the need to employ isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) to obtain the high-precision isotopic abundance analyses needed to optimize the dose of expensive (18) O-labeled water. Recently, cavity-ring down spectroscopy (CRDS) instruments have become commercially available and may serve as a less expensive alternative to IRMS.

Effect of physical inactivity on the oxidation of saturated and monounsaturated dietary Fatty acids: results of a randomized trial.

Objectives: Changes in the way dietary fat is metabolized can be considered causative in obesity. The role of sedentary behavior in this defect has not been determined. We hypothesized that physical inactivity partitions dietary fats toward storage and that a resistance exercise training program mitigates storage.

Decreased energy expenditure is caused by abnormal body composition in infants with Prader-Willi Syndrome.

Objective: Infants with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) are hypotonic and underweight before the onset of childhood obesity. This study evaluates body composition in the PWS infant and its relationship to energy expenditure.

Study Design: Sixteen infants and toddlers with PWS (mean age, 12.