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Energy expenditure determined by the doubly labeled water method in Bolivian Aymara living in a high altitude agropastoral community.

Kashiwazaki, H, Dejima, Y, Orias-Rivera, J, Coward, WA·1995·The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
DOI 10.1093/ajcn/62.5.901
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Using the doubly labeled water method (DLW), we determined total energy expenditure (TEE) under free-living conditions in 23 rural Bolivian Aymara (males and females aged 4-65), natives of a small, high-altitude (4000-4100 m), rural agropastoral community in the Andes mountains. In the adults (18-65 y of age), mean TEEs for males and females were 11.1 +/- 1.8 MJ/24 h (range: 9.3-14.1) and 9.8 +/- 0.9 MJ/24 h (8.8-11.3). Non basal energy expenditure expressed as TEE relative to basal energy expenditure (TEE:RMR) and as the difference between TEE and RMR per unit of weight [(TEE-RMR)/wt] showed no significant sex differences. TEE:RMR in the adults (2.00 +/- 0.21) was significantly greater (P < 0.05) than that of adolescents and children (1.67 +/- 0.25), but the mean (TEE-RMR)/wt values were similar in children, adolescents, and adults. Significantly high RMR:FFM values in children and adolescents, reflecting a curvilinear relation of RMR and FFM, have enlarged the differences in TEE:RMR by age groups. When compared with other DLW studies for free-living nonobese adults, the RMR of adult Aymara subjects normalized by the ratio method (RMR:FFM) and by the regression-based method (RMR adjusted with FFM as the covariate) was not significantly different from that observed in subjects living in low altitudes. As compared to FAO/WHO/UNU (1985) recommendations, activity levels were classified as heavy for the adult females and moderate-heavy for the adult males. Energy requirements for maintaining everyday tasks in the Andean people are much higher than expected from the previous studies on food consumption.

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  • Similar patterns were suggested by studies among Gambian farmers, Aymara agropastoralists, and subsistence societies more generally.

    “Similar patterns were suggested by studies among Gambian farmers [44], Aymara agropastoralists [45], and subsistence societies more generally [46].”

    From Physical Activity and Modernization among Bolivian Amerindians (2013) · cites this paper as [45]

  • Female Bolivian farmers had higher TEE than Western and Hadza women.

    “In comparisons among individual subjects, female Bolivian farmers [13] had higher TEE than Western and Hadza women (p<0.001 both comparisons, Table 1), and farming groups (n = 3) had consistently greater TEE in population comparisons (t = 2.76, p = 0.006, Table S1) (Fig. 1, 2).”

    From Hunter-gatherer energetics and human obesity (2012) · cites this paper as [13]

  • Only farming populations had greater TEE than predicted for their body size.

    “Only farming populations had greater TEE than predicted for their body size.”

    From Hunter-gatherer energetics and human obesity (2012) · cites this paper as [13]

  • The body fat percentages of Great Ape Trust orangutans compare favorably to mean body fat percentage in active humans engaged in subsistence/agriculture (adults, 19.9%; children, 14.6%) and are considerably lower than that of less active humans (adults, 28.0%; children, 19.4%).

    “This compares favorably to mean body fat percentage in active humans engaged in subsistence/agriculture (26) (adults, 19.9%; children, 14.6%) and is considerably lower than that of less active humans (adults, 28.0%; children, 19.4%; SI Methods).”

    From Metabolic adaptation for low energy throughput in orangutans. (2010) · cites this paper as [26]

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Authors
Kashiwazaki, H., Dejima, Y., Orias-Rivera, J., & Coward, W.
Affiliations
The University of Tokyo (JP)
Venue
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1995-11
Volume
62
Issue
5
Pages
901-910
ISSN
0002-9165 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1093/ajcn/62.5.901
OpenAlex
W2111404898
Cited by
74
References
47
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FWCI
5.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Indigenous Health and Education
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutrition and Health Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Body Composition Measurement Techniques
Keywords
total energy expenditure, resting metabolic rate, doubly labeled water, Aymara, high altitude, free-living energy expenditure, fat-free mass, age differences, sex differences, activity level, energy requirements, Andes
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aging, Agriculture, Altitude, Body Water, Body Weight, Bolivia, Child, Child, Preschool, Deuterium, Diet, Energy Metabolism, Female, Humans, Indians, South American, Male, Middle Aged, Oxygen Isotopes, Rural Population, Sex Characteristics, Exercise

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