Energy Intake and Appetite Sensations Responses to Aquatic Cycling in Healthy Women: The WatHealth Study
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Background: The aim of this study was to investigate energy expenditure, food intake and appetite feelings in response to water- vs. land-based cycling exercises in healthy young women. Methods: Anthropometric measurements and body composition were assessed among 20 women who performed four experimental sessions in a randomized order: (i) a rest condition (CONT); (ii) a 30-min aqua-cycling exercise session (WAT), (iii) a 30-min land-cycling exercise session at the same rpm (LAND), (iv) a land-cycling session at the same heart rate and isoenergetic to WAT (LAND-Iso). Energy expenditure and substrate oxidation were measured by indirect calorimetry; ad libitum energy intake during subsequent lunch was assessed with appetite feelings recorded at regular intervals. Results: Energy expenditure was higher during the 30-min WAT than during CONT and LAND (p < 0.001). Carbohydrate oxidation was higher in the WAT session compared to CONT and LAND (p < 0.05). LAND-Iso duration was significantly increased (+14 min) to reach the same energy expenditure as in the WAT condition (p < 0.05). There was no differences in food intake between sessions. Conclusion: While further studies are needed to optimize the chronic energetic effects of aqua-cycling, the present study suggests that this exercise modality could represent an efficient strategy to induce acute energy deficit.
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- Authors
- Metz, L., Isacco, L., Fearnbach, N., Pereira, B., Thivel, D., & Duclos, M.
- Affiliations
- Université Clermont Auvergne (FR)
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center (US)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Metz, Lore
- Venue
- Nutrients
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2021-03-24
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1051
- ISSN
- 2072-6643 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC8063954
- OpenAlex
- W3138009290
- Cited by
- 4
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1
- FWCI
- 0.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Nutrients (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Keywords
- aquatic exercise, energy expenditure, dietary intake, appetite, carbohydrate oxidation, substrate oxidation, women, exercise modality comparison
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Appetite, Bicycling, Energy Intake, Calorimetry, Indirect, Energy Metabolism, Female, Humans, Reference Values, Swimming
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