If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more.
Literature
Total Energy Expenditure
Peer-reviewed publications
- 2025
Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake
BAJUNAID, R., NIU, C., HAMBLY, C., et al., Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake, Nature Food 6 (2025) 58-71. DOI: 10.1038/s43016-024-01089-5.
- 2024
Decline in Isotope Dilution Space Ratio Above Age 60 Could Affect Energy Estimates Using the Doubly Labeled Water Method
WONG, W.W., SPEAKMAN, J.R., AINSLIE, P.N., ANDERSON, L.J., ARAB, L., BADDOU, I., BEDU-ADDO, K., BLAAK, E.E., BLANC, S., BONOMI, A.G., BOUTEN, C.V.C., BOVET, P., BUCHOWSKI, M.S., BUTTE, N.F., CAMPS, S.G., CASPER, R., CLOSE, G.L., COLBERT, L.H., COOPER, J.A., DAS, S.K., et al. Decline in Isotope Dilution Space Ratio Above Age 60 Could Affect Energy Estimates Using the Doubly Labeled Water Method. The Journal of Nutrition, 154(12), 3824-3831 (2024).
- 2023
Total daily energy expenditure has declined over the last 3 decades due to declining basal expenditure not reduced activity expenditure
SPEAKMAN, J.R., DE JONG, J.M.A., SINHA, S., et al. Total daily energy expenditure has declined over the past three decades due to declining basal expenditure, not reduced activity expenditure, Nat Metab 5 (2023) 579–588.
- 2022
Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors
YAMADA, Y., ZHANG, X., HENDERSON, M.E.T., SAGAYAMA, H., PONTZER, H., WATANABE, D., et al., Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors, Science 378 6622 (2022) 909-15.
- 2021
Energy compensation and adiposity in humans
CAREAU, V., et al., Energy compensation and adiposity in humans,?Current Biology?31 20 (2021) 4659-4666.
- 2021
Daily energy expenditure through the human life course
PONTZER, H., et al., Daily energy expenditure through the human life course, Science 373 6556 (2021) 808-812.
- 2021
A new doubly labelled water anthropometry-based equation for prediction of total daily energy expenditure in older people from low- and middle-income countries
ALEMAN-MATEO, H., et al., A new doubly labelled water anthropometry-based equation for prediction of total daily energy expenditure in older people from low- and middle-income countries, Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 75 11 (2021) 1618-1626.
- 2021
A standard calculation methodology for human doubly labeled water studies
SPEAKMAN, J.R., et al., A standard calculation methodology for human doubly labeled water studies,?Cell Rep. Med.?2 2 (2021) 100203.
- 2020
Total energy expenditure and functional status in older adults: a doublly labelled water study
DE PONTEZ, T.L., et al., Total energy expenditure and functional status in older adults: a doubly labelled water study, J. Nutr. Health Aging 25 (2021) 201-208.
- 2020
Public health surveillance of habitual physical activity in adolescents and adults in Namibia: a cross-sectional validation of activity questionnaires against accelerometry
NASHANDI, H.L., REILLY, J.J., JANSSEN, X., Public health surveillance of habitual physical activity in adolescents and adults in Namibia: a cross-sectional validation of activity questionnaires against accelerometry. J Public Health (Oxf) 43 4 (2021) e706-e712.
- 2019
The International Atomic Energy Agency International Doubly Labelled Water Database: Aims, Scope and Procedures
SPEAKMAN, J.R., et al., The International Atomic Energy Agency International Doubly Labelled Water Database: Aims, Scope and Procedures, Ann. Nutr. Metab. 75 2 (2019) 114-118.
- 2019
Total energy expenditure assessed by doubly labeled water technique and estimates of physical activity in Mauritian children: analysis by gender and ethnicity
RAMUTH, H., et al., Total energy expenditure assessed by doubly labeled water technique and estimates of physical activity in Mauritian children: analysis by gender and ethnicity,?Eur. J. Clin. Nutr.?74 3 (2019) 445-453.
- 1999
Energy requirements & physical activity levels of older people in Cuba
HERNANDEZ-TRIANA, M., et al., Energy Requirements & Physical Activity Levels of Older People in Cuba,?SCN News 19 (1999) 44-46.