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Overfeeding and energy expenditure in humans
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The effect of overfeeding on energy expenditure was investigated in 23 young men subjected to a 353-MJ energy intake surplus over 100 d. The major part of this excess (222 MJ) was stored as body energy. The increase in energy cost of weight maintenance amounted to 52 MJ and was proportional to body weight gain. When it was added to the obligatory cost of fat and fat-free mass gains, the overall increase in energy expenditure amounted to a mean of 100 MJ. Four months after overfeeding, subjects had lost 82%, 74%, and 100% of the overfeeding gain in body weight, fat mass, and fat-free mass, respectively. We conclude that 1) in response to overfeeding, two-thirds of the excess energy intake is stored as body energy; 2) overfeeding induces an increase in energy cost of weight maintenance proportional to body weight gain, and 3) preoverfeeding energy balance tends to be restored when nonobese individuals return to their normal daily-life habits.
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“By contrast, AT seems to be related to the non-resting component of EE [9, 16, 17].”
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“during controlled overfeeding, the non-resting component of EE, i.e. EAT increases at unchanged NEAT [9, 16, 17]. This effect was independent of weight gain-associated changes in body composition.”
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“With continuous overfeeding, body energy stored was 60–75 % of excess energy leaving the rest for an increase in EE which was explained by obligatory costs”
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“numerous well-controlled studies could not confirm mass-independent increases in REE and/or DIT during chronic overfeeding (for reviews see [9–15]).”
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- Tremblay, A., Després, J.-P., Thériault, G., Fournier, G., & Bouchard, C.
- Venue
- The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1992-11
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 857-862
- ISSN
- 0002-9165
- Cited by
- 93
- References
- 0
- Language
- en
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