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Daily energy expenditure through the human life course
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A lifetime of change: Measurements of total and basal energy in a large cohort of subjects at ages spanning from before birth to old age document distinct changes that occur during a human lifetime. Pontzer et al . report that energy expenditure (adjusted for weight) in neonates was like that of adults but increased substantially in the first year of life (see the Perspective by Rhoads and Anderson). It then gradually declined until young individuals reached adult characteristics, which were maintained from age 20 to 60 years. Older individuals showed reduced energy expenditure. Tissue metabolism thus appears not to be constant but rather to undergo transitions at critical junctures. —LBR
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“For subjects between 9 and 15 months, adjusted total and basal expenditures were nearly ~50% elevated compared to adults (Figure 2).”
§ Daily Energy Expenditure through the Human Life Course > Neonates (0 to 1 y):
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“Adjusted total expenditure declined at a rate of −2.8 ± 0.1% per year from 147.8 ± 22.6% for subjects 1 – 2 y (n = 102) to 102.7 ± 18.1% for subjects 20 – 25 y (n = 314; Tables S2, S4).”
§ Daily Energy Expenditure through the Human Life Course > Juveniles (1 to 20 y):
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“but sex had no detectable effect on the rate of decline in adjusted total expenditure with age (sex:age interaction p=0.30).”
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“but body size-adjusted expenditures steadily declined.”
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“Neonates in the first month of life had size-adjusted energy expenditures similar to adults, with adjusted total expenditure of 99.0 ± 17.2% (n = 35)”
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“adjusted total expenditure rose 84.7 ± 7.2% per year from birth to a break point at 0.7 years (95% CI: 0.6, 0.8)”
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“A similar decline (−3.8 ± 0.2% per year) and break point (18.0 y, 95% CI: 16.8, 19.2) were evident in adjusted basal expenditure”
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“a similar rise (75.5 ± 5.6%) and break point (1.0 y, 95% CI: 0.9, 1.1) were evident in adjusted basal expenditure”
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“In multivariate regression for subjects 1 to 20 y, males had a higher total expenditure and adjusted total expenditure (Tables S2, S3)”
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“We show that total expenditure is strongly related to fat free mass in a power-law manner”
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“We found that both total and basal expenditure increased with fat free mass in a power-law manner (TEE= 0.677FFM0.708, r2=0.83 Figures 1, S1, S2, Table S1).”
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“Total and basal expenditure, along with fat free mass, continued to increase with age throughout childhood and adolescence (Figure 1), but body size-adjusted expenditures steadily declined.”
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“Adjusted total and basal expenditures were stable even during pregnancy, the elevation in unadjusted expenditures matching those expected from the gain in mothers’ fat free mass and fat mass (Figure 2C).”
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“Segmented regression analysis identified a breakpoint in adjusted total expenditure at 20.5 y (95% CI: 19.8, 21.2), after which it plateaued at adult levels (Figure 2).”
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“Total and basal expenditure and fat free mass were all stable from age 20 to 60 (Figure 1, 2; Tables S1, S2; Text S1).”
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“Adjusted total expenditure declined by −0.7 ± 0.1% per year, and adjusted basal expendiure fell at a similar rates (Figure 2, Figure S3, Text S1, Table S4).”
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“At ~60 y, total and basal expenditure begin to decline, along with fat free mass and fat mass (Figures 1, S3, Table S1).”
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“Sex had no effect on total expenditure in multivariate models with fat free mass and fat mass, nor in analyses of adjusted total expenditure (Tables S2, S4).”
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“Still, observed basal expenditure exceeded organ-based estimates by ~30% in early life (1 – 20 y) and was ~20% lower than organ-based estimates in subjects over 60 y (Figure S6)”
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“and thus organ-based basal expenditure, estimated from organ size and tissue-specific metabolic rate, follows a power-law relationship with fat free mass, roughly consistent with observed basal expenditures (Methods, Figure S6).”
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“However, neither fat mass nor percentage increased in this period (Figure S3)”
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“Notably, analyses indicated an exponent <1, meaning that the ratio of energy expenditure/mass does not adequately control for body size because the ratio inherently trends lower for larger individuals (Figure S1 (18)).”
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- Not checked yetcites [18] Allison DB, Paultre F, Goran MI, Poehlman ET, Heymsfield SB, Statistical considerations regarding the use of ratios to adjust data. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 19, 644– 652 (1995). 8574275
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“Only when age-related changes in physical activity and tissue-specific metabolism are included does model output match observed expenditures, indicating that variation in both physical activity and tissue-specific metabolism contribute to total expenditure and its components across the lifespan.”
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- The authors state this as an assumption: Basal expenditure can be modeled as a power function of fat-free mass multiplied by a tissue-specific metabolism term.
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“Measures of humans here challenge this view, with size adjusted metabolism elevated ~50% in childhood compared to adults (including pregnant females), and ~25% lower in the oldest subjects.”
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“Total and basal expenditure increase from childhood through puberty, but much of this increase is attributable to increased fat free mass, and the role of endocrine or other effects is uncertain (15).”
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- Not checked yetcites [15] Cheng HL, Amatoury M, Steinbeck K, Energy expenditure and intake during puberty in healthy nonobese adolescents: a systematic review. Am J Clin Nutr 104, 1061– 1074 (2016). 27629054
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“Most large (n>1,000) analyses of human energy expenditure have been limited to basal expenditure, the metabolic rate at rest (1), which accounts for only a portion (usually ~50-70%) of total expenditure, or have estimated total expenditure from basal expenditure and daily physical activity (2–5).”
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- Not checked yetcites [1] Henry CJ, Basal metabolic rate studies in humans: measurement and development of new equations. Public Health Nutr 8, 1133– 1152 (2005). 16277825 source
- Not checked yetcites [2] FAO, Human energy requirements: report of a joint FAO/ WHO/UNU Expert Consultation. Food Nutr Bull 26, 166 (2005). 15810802
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“The decline in total expenditure beginning in the sixth decade of life corresponds with a decline in fat free mass (9) and “physical activity level”, PAL (the ratio of total/basal expenditure), but may also reflect age-related reductions in organ metabolism.”
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- Not checked yetcites [9] Speakman JR, Westerterp KR, Associations between energy demands, physical activity, and body composition in adult humans between 18 and 96 y of age. Am J Clin Nutr 92, 826– 834 (2010). 20810973 source
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“Metabolic models of life history commonly assume continuity in tissue-specific metabolism over the life course, with cellular metabolic rates increasing in a power-law manner (Energy = aMassb) and the energy available for growth during the juvenile period made available for reproduction in adults (29, 30).”
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- Not checked yetcites [29] West GB, Brown JH, Enquist BJ, A general model for ontogenetic growth. Nature 413, 628– 631 (2001). 11675785
- Not checked yetcites [30] Brown JH, Gillooly JF, Allen AP, Savage VM, West GB, Toward a metabolic theory of ecology. Ecology 85, 1771– 1789 (2004).
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Activity costs are proportional to body weight.
“assuming activity costs are proportional to weight”
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Basal expenditure can be modeled as a power function of fat-free mass multiplied by a tissue-specific metabolism term.
“basal expenditure was modeled as a power function of fat free mass (consistent with organ-based BEE estimates; Methods) multiplied by a “tissue specific metabolism” term”
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“RMR is comparatively lower in older adults,20,21”
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“These patterns are consistent with the existing literature, which indicates that body composition, particularly FFM, has a strong influcence on energy metabolism (Cano et al., 2022; Pontzer et al., 2021).”
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§ Daily Energy Expenditure through the Human Life Course > Neonates (0 to 1 y):
“adjusted basal expenditure of 78.1 ± 15.0% (n = 34; Figure 2).”
§ Daily Energy Expenditure through the Human Life Course > Older adults (>60 y):
“consistent with adjusted expenditures of neonates (both ~100%; Figure 2) in the first weeks after birth.”
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- Authors
- Pontzer, H., Yamada, Y., Sagayama, H., Ainslie, P. N., Andersen, L. F., Anderson, L. J., Arab, L., Baddou, I., Bedu-Addo, K., Blaak, E. E., Blanc, S., Bonomi, A. G., Bouten, C. V. C., Bovet, P., Buchowski, M. S., Butte, N. F., Camps, S. G., Close, G. L., Cooper, J. A., Cooper, R., Das, S. K., Dugas, L. R., Ekelund, U., Entringer, S., Forrester, T., Fudge, B. W., Goris, A. H., Gurven, M., Hambly, C., El Hamdouchi, A., Hoos, M. B., Hu, S., Joonas, N., Joosen, A. M., Katzmarzyk, P., Kempen, K. P., Kimura, M., Kraus, W. E., Kushner, R. F., Lambert, E. V., Leonard, W. R., Lessan, N., Martin, C., Medin, A. C., Meijer, E. P., Morehen, J. C., Morton, J. P., Neuhouser, M. L., Nicklas, T. A., Ojiambo, R. M., Pietiläinen, K. H., Pitsiladis, Y. P., Plange-Rhule, J., Plasqui, G., Prentice, R. L., Rabinovich, R. A., Racette, S. B., Raichlen, D. A., Ravussin, E., Reynolds, R. M., Roberts, S. B., Schuit, A. J., Sjödin, A. M., Stice, E., Urlacher, S. S., Valenti, G., Van Etten, L. M., Van Mil, E. A., Wells, J. C. K., Wilson, G., Wood, B. M., Yanovski, J., Yoshida, T., Zhang, X., Murphy-Alford, A. J., Loechl, C., Luke, A. H., Rood, J., Schoeller, D. A., Westerterp, K. R., Wong, W. W., Speakman, J. R., & IAEA DLW Database Consortium§
- Affiliations
- Duke University (US)
- National Institute of Health and Nutrition (JP)
- University of Tsukuba (JP)
- Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Unité Mixte de Recherche en Nutrition et Alimentation, CNESTEN–Université Ibn Tofail URAC39, Regional Designated Center of Nutrition Associated with AFRA/IAEA, Rabat, Morocco.
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
- Philips (Netherlands) (NL)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CH)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Loyola University Chicago (US)
- Tufts University (US)
- Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NO)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- University of the West Indies System (JM)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- University of Aberdeen (GB)
- Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Central Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Candos, Mauritius.
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center (US)
- Kyoto University of Advanced Science (JP)
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (AE)
- The Football Association (GB)
- University of Washington (US)
- Moi University (KE)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- University of Brighton (GB)
- Department of Physiology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
- The Queen's Medical Research Institute (GB)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of Southern California (US)
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
- Tilburg University (NL)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Stanford University (US)
- Baylor University (US)
- Maastricht University, Maastricht and Lifestyle Medicine Center for Children, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
- University College London (GB)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Nutritional and Health Related Environmental Studies Section, Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.
- International Atomic Energy Agency (AT)
- Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Pontzer, Herman
- Yamada, Yosuke
- Sagayama, Hiroyuki
- Luke, Amy H.
- Rood, Jennifer
- Schoeller, Dale A.
- Westerterp, Klaas R.
- Wong, William W.
- Speakman, John R.
- ORCID
- Pontzer, Herman
- Yamada, Yosuke
- Sagayama, Hiroyuki
- Ainslie, Philip N.
- Andersen, Lene F.
- Anderson, Liam J.
- Arab, Lenore
- Baddou, Issaad
- Bedu-Addo, Kweku
- Blaak, Ellen E.
- Bonomi, Alberto G.
- Bouten, Carlijn V. C.
- Bovet, Pascal
- Buchowski, Maciej S.
- Butte, Nancy F.
- Camps, Stefan G.
- Close, Graeme L.
- Cooper, Jamie A.
- Cooper, Richard
- Das, Sai Krupa
- Dugas, Lara R.
- Ekelund, Ulf
- Entringer, Sonja
- Fudge, Barry W.
- Goris, Annelies H
- Gurven, Michael
- Hambly, Catherine
- El Hamdouchi, Asmaa
- Hu, Sumei
- Joonas, Noorjehan
- Joosen, Annemiek M.
- Katzmarzyk, Peter
- Kempen, Kitty P.
- Kimura, Misaka
- Kraus, William E.
- Lambert, Estelle V.
- Leonard, William R.
- Lessan, Nader
- Martin, Corby
- Medin, Anine C.
- Meijer, Erwin P.
- Morehen, James C.
- Morton, James P.
- Neuhouser, Marian L.
- Nicklas, Teresa A.
- Ojiambo, Robert M.
- Pietiläinen, Kirsi H.
- Pitsiladis, Yannis P.
- Plasqui, Guy
- Prentice, Ross L.
- Rabinovich, Roberto A.
- Racette, Susan B.
- Raichlen, David A.
- Ravussin, Eric
- Reynolds, Rebecca M.
- Roberts, Susan B.
- Schuit, Albertine J.
- Sjödin, Anders M.
- Stice, Eric
- Urlacher, Samuel S.
- Valenti, Giulio
- Van Etten, Ludo M.
- Van Mil, Edgar A.
- Wells, Jonathan C. K.
- Wilson, George
- Wood, Brian M.
- Yanovski, Jack
- Yoshida, Tsukasa
- Zhang, Xueying
- Murphy-Alford, Alexia J.
- Loechl, Cornelia
- Luke, Amy H.
- Rood, Jennifer
- Schoeller, Dale A.
- Westerterp, Klaas R.
- Wong, William W.
- Speakman, John R.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2021-08-13
- Volume
- 373
- Issue
- 6556
- Pages
- 808-812
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- PMC
- PMC8370708
- OpenAlex
- W3183815414
- Semantic Scholar
- 6889198aa40368bd8936c1be20646184274e797a
- Cited by
- 583
- References
- 54
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- 2026: 100 · 2025: 127 · 2024: 112 · 2023: 106 · 2022: 116 · 2021: 20
- FWCI
- 56.71
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- journal article
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- en
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- Funders
- National Science Foundation (BCS-1824466)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutrition and Health Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Keywords
- daily energy expenditure, life course, fat-free mass, power-law scaling, neonates, pregnancy, aging, human development, doubly labeled water, energy demand
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Basal Metabolism, Body Composition, Body Weight, Child, Child, Preschool, Energy Metabolism, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Middle Aged, Pregnancy, Exercise, Young Adult
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