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Total energy expenditure and energy intake in the pre-school child: a comparison

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Peter S. W. Davies ,
W. A. Coward ,
J. Gregory ,
A. White  and
A. Mills
Peter S. W. Davies
Affiliation:
Dunn Nutrition Unit, Downham's Lane, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1XJ
W. A. Coward
Affiliation:
Dunn Nutrition Unit, Downham's Lane, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1XJ
J. Gregory
Affiliation:
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, St Catherine's House, 10 Kingsway, LondonWC2B 6JP
A. White
Affiliation:
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, St Catherine's House, 10 Kingsway, LondonWC2B 6JP
A. Mills
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, LondonSW1P 3JR
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Abstract

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In a cohort (n 81) of healthy children aged 1.5–4.5 years, measurements of energy intake and energy expenditure were compared. Energy intake was calculated following a 4 d weighed record completed by the mother or guardian of the child. Total energy expenditure was measured using the doubly-labelled water technique. Mean energy intake and expenditure in the cohort were 4773 kJ/d and 4928 kJ/d respectively. The mean relative bias between the techniques was 154 kJ/d. In the older children (3.5–4.5 years) the mean relative bias was only 37 kJ/d. At the population level the measurements of energy intake and energy expenditure were extremely close, and the study has provided sufficient confidence in weighed intake methodology for it to be used in a major nationwide study of dietary intake and nutritional status of children aged 1.5–4.5 years.

Keywords

Energy intakeEnergy expenditureChildhood
Type
Energy expenditure and its measurement
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 72 , Issue 1 , July 1994 , pp. 13 - 20
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1994

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