Clinical Study
Energy Expenditure and Physical Activity in Recovering Malnourished Infants
Table 2
Comparison of 24-hour energy intake, metabolism, and parental interaction between malnourished and healthy infants.
| | Malnourished | Healthy [8] |
| | 24-hour energy intake (kcal/kg/day) |
*
| | | Proportion of energy as carbohydrate (%) |
*
| | | Proportion of energy as protein (%) | | | | Proportion of energy as fat (%) | | | | 24-hour energy expenditure (EE; kcal/kg/day) |
*
| | | Sleeping metabolic rate (SMR; kcal/kg/day) |
*
| | | 24-hour Respiratory Quotient (RQ; VCO2/VO2) |
*
| | | 24-hour PA1 (Oscillations in weight/minute/kg/body weight) |
*
| | | Parental interaction (%) | | | | Crying time (minutes/day) |
*
| | | Sleep (%) |
*
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*= between malnourished and healthy infants by Independent -test
1PA = Physical activity index.
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