Total energy expenditure and physical activity level in healthy young Swedish children 9 or 14 months of age

Tennefors, Catharina; Coward, W. A.; Hernell, Olle; Wright, Antony; Forsum, Elisabet

doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601591

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“…The mean TEE in the current study was 309 ± 46 kJ/kg/day for the 9-month-old infants. This is similar to earlier reported figures of between 306-343 kJ/kg/day for 9-month-old infants (Davies et al, 1997;Butte et al, 2000;Tennefors et al, 2003). Slightly higher TEE figures of up to 393 kJ/kg/day for infants between 9 and 12 months of age have been reported (Vasquez-Velasquez, 1988;Davies et al, 1991).…”

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Validation of a pre-coded food record for infants and young children

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Background/Objectives: To assess the validity of a 7-day pre-coded food record (PFR) method in 9-month-old infants against metabolizable energy intake (ME DLW ) measured by doubly labeled water (DLW); additionally to compare PFR with a 7-day weighed food record (WFR) in 9-month-old infants and 36-month-old children. Subjects/Methods: The study population consisted of 36 infants (age: 9.03±0.2 months) and 36 young children (age: 36.1 ± 0.3 months) enrolled in a cross-over design of 7 consecutive days PFR vs 7 consecutive days WFR. Children were randomly assigned to one method during week 1, crossing over to the alternative method in week 2. Total energy expenditure (TEE) and ME DLW were obtained in the 9-month-old infants using the DLW technique for 7 days while recording with PFR. Results: For the 9-month-old group, PFR showed a mean bias of þ 726 kJ/day, equivalent to 24%, (Po0.0001) compared with ME DLW (n ¼ 29). Using WFR as the reference in this group no between-method differences were found for energy, fat and carbohydrate. Energy intake in the 36-month-old children was 12% higher in the PFR vs WFR (Po0.0001), and protein plus total fat intake were overestimated with the PFR (P ¼ 0.008, Po0.0001, respectively). Conclusions: The study indicates that the PFR may be a valuable tool for measuring energy, energy-yielding nutrients and foods in groups of 9-month-olds infants and 36-month-olds young children.

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“…The present descriptive report is part of a longitudinal prospective study started in 1995 (Lind et al, 2003;Tennefors et al, 2003). From six well baby clinics in Umeå, a university town in Northern Sweden with a population of about 110 000, 300 healthy, term infants (150 girls and 150 boys) were recruited at 6 months of age, after written informed consent from the parents.…”

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“…As compared with the previous recommendations, NNR-96 (Nordiska Ministerrådet Köpen-hamn, 1996) and the NNR-04 (Nordic Councils of Ministers, 2004) recommend lower total energy intake and lower maximum of dietary fat both, for infants and children between 2-3 years of age, but with no change for the age group 12-23 months. The reasons behind the changes were recent studies on energy requirements in infants (Butte et al, 2000;Tennefors et al, 2003), the associations between dietary fat and serum lipid levels in infants and young children (Simell et al, 2000) and the increasing prevalence of obesity in childhood (Blomquist and Bergström, 2007). Globally there is no consensus on the need to reduce dietary fat intake in early childhood.…”

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Dietary fat in infancy should be more focused on quality than on quantity

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Objective: The primary aim was to assess, the association of the quantity and quality of dietary fat intake from 6 to 12 months of age and serum lipids at 12 months. Subjects/Methods: Three hundred healthy term Swedish infants were recruited in a longitudinal prospective study at the age of 6 months; 276 remained in the study at 12 months. Food records and anthropometric data were collected monthly from 6 to 12 months; serum lipids were analysed at 6 and 12 months. Results: Swedish infants had a total fat intake within the Nordic recommendations, but intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) was low (5.6 percent of total energy (E%)) and intake of saturated fatty acids (SAFA) was high (15.1 E%). Higher PUFA intake was associated with lower total serum cholesterol (TC, B ¼ À0.13, P ¼ 0.003), lower low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C, B ¼ À0.12, P ¼ 0.004) and apolipoprotein B (B ¼ À0.03) (P ¼ 0.034) in girls but not in boys. When data from the present study were compared to data from similar studies in Finland and Iceland, it appears that the quality of the dietary fat has greater impact on serum lipid levels than the quantity of fat in the diet. Conclusions: Higher PUFA and lower SAFA intakes may reduce TC and LDL-C early in life, particularly in girls. Further, with respect to lowering serum lipid concentrations in early childhood it seems appropriate to set focus on fat quality rather than the quantity.

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“…In total, 65 children were recruited, as described by Tennefors et al (2003), to take part in the present study. Six of these children were excluded from the study due to minor illnesses or poor parent compliance.…”

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“…Total body fat based on body water dilution (TBF-BWD) was calculated from TBW measured using the DLW-method (Tennefors et al, 2003). FFM was assumed to have the following degrees of hydration: 79% (girls) and 79.3% (boys) at 9 months of age, and 78.7% (girls) and 78.8% (boys) at 14 months of age.…”

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Assessment of body fatness in young children using the skinfold technique and BMI vs body water dilution

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2004

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Objectives: To compare body fatness estimated using a skinfold technique and body mass index (BMI) with body fatness estimated using the body water dilution method in healthy Swedish children 9 or 14 months of age. Methods: Total body fat (TBF) was calculated from total body water, estimated using the doubly labelled water method, and body weight. When expressed in per cent of body weight, these estimates (%TBF-BWD) represented reference values for body fatness. Body fatness was also calculated from skinfold thickness (%TBF-SFT) and as BMI. The children were ranked and grouped into five groups with an increasing level of body fatness using BMI, %TBF-SFT and %TBF-BWD, respectively. Subjects: A total of 30 infants 9 months of age and 29 children 14 months of age. Results: On average, the children (n ¼ 59) had a BMI ¼ 17.571.6 kg/m 2 and contained 27.873.7 %TBF-SFT and 29.174.4 %TBF-BWD. %TBF-BWD minus %TBF-SFT was ¼ 1.3574.06%. By measuring %TBF-SFT or BMI, about 35% of the children could be classified in the correct group with respect to body fatness. Serious misclassification (ie two or more groups too high or too low) was, however, more common for %TBF-SFT (29%) than for BMI (17%). Conclusions: The capacity of BMI to place children in the correct body fatness group was poor although not quite as poor as the corresponding capacity of the skinfold technique. The latter method produced inaccurate and imprecise estimates of body fatness.

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Total energy expenditure and physical activity level in healthy young Swedish children 9 or 14 months of age

Cited by 33 publications

References 21 publications

Validation of a pre-coded food record for infants and young children

Validation of a pre-coded food record for infants and young children

Dietary fat in infancy should be more focused on quality than on quantity

Assessment of body fatness in young children using the skinfold technique and BMI vs body water dilution

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