Measuring Physical Activity and Energy Expenditure

This manual of practical guidelines is written by internationally known experts in exercise physiology and exercise epidemiology. It's the only book that covers all available methods for assessing energy expenditure and physical activity. It also includes comprehensive references on the topic and highlights promising areas for future research in measurement methodology.Measuring physical activity levels is a formidable task. >Measuring Physical Activity and Energy Expenditure> smooths the way, bringing together the diverse literature on the subject and providing state-of-the-art, scientific procedures for assessing energy expenditure.Part Iintroduces the concepts of physical activity and energy expenditure and provides important background in basic laboratory procedures for their measurement. Part I also provides techniques for validating simple, practical field methods. These validating techniques include three physiological procedures for measuring energy expenditure and two biomechanical methods for measuring physical activity.Part IIdetails specific methods of field measurement, including the doubly labeled water, observational, diary, and physiologic response methods, questionnaires and interviews, and movement assessment devices. Part II also--discusses various physiological, behavioral, and biomechanical techniques for measuring energy expenditure in field research;-summarizes existing research, emphasizing issues of validity, reproducibility, and feasibility; and-offers conclusions about the state of the science for estimating human energy expenditure and physical activity.The extensive appendixes include a number of useful questionnaire and interview forms that represent the most widely used-and adaptable-resources available.Han C. G. Kemper is the author of 'Measuring Physical Activity and Energy Expenditure' with ISBN 9780873225007 and ISBN 0873225007.