Lower “Awake and Fed Thermogenesis” Predicts Future Weight Gain in Subjects with Abdominal Adiposity

Minority Diabetes Reports Wednesday, August 28th, 2013

ADA: 8/23/13

Awake and fed thermogenesis (AFT) is the energy expenditure (EE) of the non-active fed condition above the minimum metabolic requirement during sleep, and is composed of the thermic effect of food and the cost of being awake. AFT was estimated from whole room 24-h EE measures in 509 healthy subjects (368 Native Americans and 141 Whites) while subjects consumed a eucaloric diet. Follow-up data was available for 290 Native Americans (median follow-up time: 6.6 years). Read more

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