Individual Thermogenic Responses to Mild Cold and Overfeeding Are Closely Related
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CONTEXT: Adaptive thermogenesis is defined as the increase in energy expenditure in response to overfeeding or cold. Large interindividual differences in adaptive thermogenesis have been described. OBJECTIVE: Because there are indications for a common underlying mechanism, we studied in humans whether the increase in thermogenesis during short-term overfeeding (3 d) is related to mild cold-induced thermogenesis. INTERVENTIONS: Thirteen lean male subjects have been exposed to three experimental conditions in respiration chambers: baseline (36 h in energy balance at thermoneutrality, 22 C), overfeeding (84 h at 160% of energy balance, 22 C), and mild cold (84 h in energy balance, 16 C). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: During the interventions, total daily energy expenditure (TDEE), physical activity, skin temperatures, and core temperature were measured. After each condition, fasting plasma norepinephrine concentration was measured. RESULTS: Overfeeding caused significant increases in TDEE (0.77 MJ/d, P < 0.001). During cold exposure TDEE increased significantly (0.59 MJ/d, P < 0.005), whereas physical activity decreased. The changes in TDEE during both overfeeding and mild cold exposure showed considerable interindividual variation (respectively, -0.11 to 1.61 MJ/d and -0.19 to 1.58 MJ/d). The individual changes in energy expenditure during mild cold exposure and overfeeding were highly correlated (P < 0.005). Fasting norepinephrine plasma concentrations correlated significantly to energy expenditure in both situations (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that both overfeeding-induced and mild cold-induced adaptive thermogenesis share common regulating mechanisms. This indicates that cold exposure could be used as a biomarker for the individual thermogenic response to excess energy intake.
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In healthy young adults, heat production in response to both overfeeding and mild cold exposure correlates closely with increased plasma norepinephrine concentrations.
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- Authors
- Wijers, S. L. J., Saris, W. H. M., & van Marken Lichtenbelt, W. D.
- Affiliations
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Department of Human Biology, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Corresponding author
- Wijers, Sander L. J.
- Venue
- The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Publisher
- The Endocrine Society
- Published
- 2007-11-01
- Volume
- 92
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 4299-4305
- ISSN
- 0021-972X (ISSN-L)
- 1945-7197
- OpenAlex
- W2104263082
- Cited by
- 99
- References
- 42
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- FWCI
- 3.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Keywords
- adaptive thermogenesis, cold-induced thermogenesis, overfeeding, energy expenditure, interindividual variability, norepinephrine, physical activity, skin temperature, core body temperature, thermoneutrality
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Body Composition, Body Temperature Regulation, Cold Temperature, Energy Metabolism, Hormones, Humans, Hyperphagia, Male, Skin Temperature
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