Assessing Energy Requirements in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Comparison Against Doubly Labeled Water.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Weight loss is prescribed to offset the deleterious consequences of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), but a successful intervention requires an accurate assessment of energy requirements.

Objective

Describe energy requirements in women with PCOS and evaluate common prediction equations compared with doubly labeled water (DLW).

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Academic research center.

Participants

Twenty-eight weight-stable women with PCOS completed a 14-day DLW study along with measures of body composition and resting metabolic rate and assessment of physical activity by accelerometry.

Main outcome

Total daily energy expenditure (TDEE) determined by DLW.

Results

TDEE was 2661 ± 373 kcal/d. TDEE estimated from four commonly use

SUBMITTER: Broskey NT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5470767 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature