Activity-Related Energy Expenditure in Older Adults: A Call for More Research
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The purposes of this article were to 1) provide an overview of the science of physical activity-related energy expenditure in older adults (≥65 yr), 2) offer suggestions for future research and guidelines for how scientists should be reporting their results in this area, and 3) present strategies for making these data more accessible to the layperson. This article was meant to serve as a preliminary blueprint for future empirical work in the area of energy expenditure in older adults and translational efforts to make these data useful and accurate for older adults. This document was based upon deliberations of experts involved in the Strategic Health Initiative on Aging Committee of the American College of Sports Medicine. The article was designed to reach a broad audience who might not be familiar with the complexities of assessing energy expenditure, especially in older adults.
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Endurance exercise is the most efficient type to increase energy expenditure and induce weight loss, mainly when associated with CR.
“Endurance exercise is the most efficient type to increase energy expenditure and induce weight loss, mainly when associated with CR [28,29,30,31].”
From Resistance Training Prevents Muscle Loss Induced by Caloric Restriction in Obese Elderly Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2018) · cites this paper as [29]
The 'Caloric Expenditure: Measured vs Estimated' section (paragraph 12; page not supplied) reports the caloric cost of treadmill walking in older adults. It does not establish that endurance exercise is the most efficient exercise type, demonstrate weight loss, or assess its combination with caloric restriction. (LLM, conf=0.78)
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- Authors
- HALL, K. S., MOREY, M. C., DUTTA, C., MANINI, T. M., WELTMAN, A. L., NELSON, M. E., MORGAN, A. L., SENIOR, J. G., SEYFFARTH, C., & BUCHNER, D. M.
- Affiliations
- Tufts University (US)
- Duke Medical Center (US)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
- Bowling Green State University (US)
- American College of Sports Medicine (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
- Published
- 2014-12
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2335-2340
- ISSN
- 0195-9131 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4188802
- OpenAlex
- W2312773856
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 4
- FWCI
- 2.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (Z99 AG999999)
- National Institute on Aging (R01AG042525, P30AG028740)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL121023)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutrition and Health Studies
- Keywords
- energy expenditure, physical activity, older adults, aging, energy expenditure measurement, reporting guidelines, translational research, health promotion for older adults
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Energy Metabolism, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motor Activity, Research, Exercise, Translational Research, Biomedical
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