Tracking energy balance in adolescents: Levels of compliance, energy flux, and learning.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objective

Advancing knowledge about energy balance (EB) is important for helping to reverse the obesity epidemic in many modern societies. This study examined adolescents' experience and perception of using an objective self-monitoring tool (SenseWear armband; SWA) and a portable diet journal to track EB for 7 days.

Methods

Forty-five 6^th grade students in a midwestern state of the United States [Caucasian: n = 34, 76%; age: 11.7 ± 1.8 years; body mass index (BMI): 20.84 ± 3.94] participated in the study. The SWA, diet journal, and semistructured individual interview were used to measure energy expenditure (EE) and physical activity (PA), energy intake (EI), and perception of the experience, respectively. Mixed methods were used to analyze quanti

SUBMITTER: Chen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5812831 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature