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. 2015 Jul;39(7):1109-13.

doi: 10.1038/ijo.2014.199. Epub 2014 Nov 13.

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• DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2014.199

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Energy balance measurement: when something is not better than nothing

N V Dhurandhar et al. Int J Obes (Lond). 2015 Jul.

Abstract

Energy intake (EI) and physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE) are key modifiable determinants of energy balance, traditionally assessed by self-report despite its repeated demonstration of considerable inaccuracies. We argue here that it is time to move from the common view that self-reports of EI and PAEE are imperfect, but nevertheless deserving of use, to a view commensurate with the evidence that self-reports of EI and PAEE are so poor that they are wholly unacceptable for scientific research on EI and PAEE. While new strategies for objectively determining energy balance are in their infancy, it is unacceptable to use decidedly inaccurate instruments, which may misguide health-care policies, future research and clinical judgment. The scientific and medical communities should discontinue reliance on self-reported EI and PAEE. Researchers and sponsors should develop objective measures of energy balance.

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• Physical versus psychosocial measures of influences on human obesity. Comment on Dhurandhar et al.
  Booth DA, Laguna-Camacho A. Booth DA, et al. Int J Obes (Lond). 2015 Jul;39(7):1177-8. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.62. Epub 2015 Apr 23. Int J Obes (Lond). 2015. PMID: 25902963 No abstract available.
• Objective measures are complementary to, rather than a replacement for, self-reported methods.
  Satija A, Yu E, Willett WC, Hu FB. Satija A, et al. Int J Obes (Lond). 2015 Jul;39(7):1179. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.80. Epub 2015 Apr 30. Int J Obes (Lond). 2015. PMID: 25924712 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
• Response to 'Energy balance measurement: when something is not better than nothing'.
  Dhurandhar NV, Schoeller DA, Brown AW, Heymsfield SB, Thomas D, Sørensen TI, Speakman JR, Jeansonne M, Allison DB; Energy Balance Measurement Working Group. Dhurandhar NV, et al. Int J Obes (Lond). 2015 Jul;39(7):1175-6. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.81. Epub 2015 Apr 30. Int J Obes (Lond). 2015. PMID: 25924713 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
• Nutritional epidemiology data should be analyzed by nutritional epidemiologists.
  Frazier-Wood AC. Frazier-Wood AC. Int J Obes (Lond). 2015 Jul;39(7):1180. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.79. Epub 2015 Apr 30. Int J Obes (Lond). 2015. PMID: 25924714 No abstract available.

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