Estimating energy expenditure of head-hauling water and grain grinding from heart rate monitor measurements in northern Mozambique.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Even though sub-Saharan African women spend millions of person-hours per day fetching water and pounding grain, to date, few studies have rigorously assessed the energy expenditure costs of such domestic activities. As a result, most analyses that consider head-hauling water or hand pounding of grain with a mortar and pestle (pilão use) employ energy expenditure values derived from limited research. The current paper compares estimated energy expenditure values from heart rate monitors v. indirect calorimetry in order to understand some of the limitations with using such monitors to measure domestic activities.

Design

This confirmation study estimates the metabolic equivalent of task (MET) value for head-hauling water and hand-pounding grain using both indirect cal

SUBMITTER: Russel KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200677 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature