Energy Expenditure Methodology Infant

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy

• Registration Number: NCT01905085
• Lead Sponsor: Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Brief Summary

Indirect calorimetry is valuable in determining resting energy expenditure in infants, children and adults. This measure will estimate the number of calories needed per day under resting conditions.

Adding physical activity measures will help estimate total energy requirements in individuals. With the rise in obesity, numerous programs of prevention are being developed. Being able to characterize carefully energy intake and energy expenditure is one of the challenges of most of these initiatives.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-11
• Study First Submitted: 2013-07-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-07-18
• Study First Posted: 2013-07-23
• Primary Completion: 2014-09
• Study Completion: 2014-09
• Status Verified: 2015-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-09-08
• Last Update Posted: 2015-09-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• 3 months old +/- 2 weeks
• Can fall asleep easily
• Usually sleeps more than 30 min
• Accept formula as an alternative feeding

Exclusion Criteria

• Pulmonary or respiratory disorders

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measure Resting energy expenditure in infants	2 days	We will measure resting energy expenditure in infants and then they will come back for a second visit and get the same measurement to see if there is a significant difference between the two measures.