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Energy expenditure, often estimated as the total daily energy expenditure (TDEE), is the amount of energy burned by the human body. Causes of energy expenditure
A positive balance is a result of energy intake being higher than what is consumed in external work and other bodily means of energy expenditure. [citation needed] The main preventable causes are: Overeating, resulting in increased energy intake; Sedentary lifestyle, resulting in decreased energy expenditure through external work
Energy (from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia) ' activity ') is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat and light.
When working on a weight loss plan, calculating your total daily energy expenditure is often a good starting point. Understanding TDEE helps you see how various parts of your metabolism contribute ...
The metabolic equivalent of task (MET) is the objective measure of the ratio of the rate at which a person expends energy, relative to the mass of that person, while performing some specific physical activity compared to a reference, currently set by convention at an absolute 3.5 mL of oxygen per kg per minute, which is the energy expended when sitting quietly by a reference individual, chosen ...
The physical activity level (PAL) is a way to express a person's daily physical activity as a number and is used to estimate their total energy expenditure. [1] In combination with the basal metabolic rate, it can be used to compute the amount of food energy a person needs to consume to maintain a particular lifestyle.
Specific dynamic action (SDA), also known as thermic effect of food (TEF) or dietary induced thermogenesis (DIT), is the amount of energy expenditure above the basal metabolic rate due to the cost of processing food for use and storage. [1]
Indirect calorimetry is the study or clinical use of the relationship between respirometry and bioenergetics, where the measurement of the rates of oxygen consumption, sometimes carbon dioxide production, and less often urea production is transformed to rates of energy expenditure, expressed as the ratio between i) energy and ii) the time frame ...