Event Title
Does Chronic Dieting Lower Resting Energy Expenditure Below that Estimated by Predictive Equations, Thereby Increasing an Individual's Risk of Becoming Overweight or Obese?
Location
CSU 201
Start Date
10-4-2018 1:05 PM
End Date
10-4-2018 2:05 PM
Student's Major
Recreation, Parks, and Leisure Services
Student's College
Allied Health and Nursing
Mentor's Name
Brooke Burk
Mentor's Department
Recreation, Parks, and Leisure Services
Mentor's College
Allied Health and Nursing
Second Mentor's Name
David Bissonnette
Second Mentor's Department
Family Consumer Science
Second Mentor's College
Allied Health and Nursing
Description
In the United States, 70.2% of adults are overweight or obese (NIH, 2014). The most prevalent obesity treatment modality is dietary restriction yet roughly 80% of overweight individuals are not successful at long term weight loss (Wing and Phelan, 2005). In fact, 33-83% of dieters regain more weight than lost (Mann et al., 2007; Swanson & Dinello, 1970). The goal of the study was to develop a screening questionnaire that detects chronically persistent and transient obesity. A total of 16 women (ages 19 to 59) completed an obesity-screening questionnaire and were assessed for total body weight (TBwt), percent fat mass (FM), fat free mass (FFM), and basal metabolic rate (BMR). The ratio of BMR/FFM was non-significant between controls (29.39 +- 0.37) chronically obese (27.92 +- 0.86) and transient obese subjects (27.92÷1.56), but that the ratio BMR/TBwt was significantly lower in chronically obese (14.69 +- 1.81) vs transient obese (17.81 +- 3.35) and controls (22.37 +- 1.14). The screening questionnaire did significantly distinguish between controls (22.20 +- 4.60), transient (29.35 +- 3.32), and chronically obese (40.75 +- 2.53) subjects.This research did validate the obesity-screening questionnaire and suggests that chronic dieting may cause a loss of fat free mass (FFM), and a lowering of basal metabolic rate (BMR). On a larger scale, this questionnaire can allow clinicians to efficiently discern whether to implement a treatment plan for chronically obese subjects who struggle with difficult weight loss or implementing one for transiently obese who experience easy weight loss.
Does Chronic Dieting Lower Resting Energy Expenditure Below that Estimated by Predictive Equations, Thereby Increasing an Individual's Risk of Becoming Overweight or Obese?
CSU 201
In the United States, 70.2% of adults are overweight or obese (NIH, 2014). The most prevalent obesity treatment modality is dietary restriction yet roughly 80% of overweight individuals are not successful at long term weight loss (Wing and Phelan, 2005). In fact, 33-83% of dieters regain more weight than lost (Mann et al., 2007; Swanson & Dinello, 1970). The goal of the study was to develop a screening questionnaire that detects chronically persistent and transient obesity. A total of 16 women (ages 19 to 59) completed an obesity-screening questionnaire and were assessed for total body weight (TBwt), percent fat mass (FM), fat free mass (FFM), and basal metabolic rate (BMR). The ratio of BMR/FFM was non-significant between controls (29.39 +- 0.37) chronically obese (27.92 +- 0.86) and transient obese subjects (27.92÷1.56), but that the ratio BMR/TBwt was significantly lower in chronically obese (14.69 +- 1.81) vs transient obese (17.81 +- 3.35) and controls (22.37 +- 1.14). The screening questionnaire did significantly distinguish between controls (22.20 +- 4.60), transient (29.35 +- 3.32), and chronically obese (40.75 +- 2.53) subjects.This research did validate the obesity-screening questionnaire and suggests that chronic dieting may cause a loss of fat free mass (FFM), and a lowering of basal metabolic rate (BMR). On a larger scale, this questionnaire can allow clinicians to efficiently discern whether to implement a treatment plan for chronically obese subjects who struggle with difficult weight loss or implementing one for transiently obese who experience easy weight loss.
Recommended Citation
Herrick, Elizabeth; Brenna Oberg; and Elizabeth Rummel. "Does Chronic Dieting Lower Resting Energy Expenditure Below that Estimated by Predictive Equations, Thereby Increasing an Individual's Risk of Becoming Overweight or Obese?." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 10, 2018.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2018/oral-session-08/1
