title: Weight control and calorie expenditure: thermogenic effects of pre-prandial and post-prandial exercise.
abstract: The thermogenic effects of pre- and postprandial exercise was examined in seven lean active females. Energy expenditure was measured for 3 h via open circuit indirect calorimetry after four separate treatments: Exercise Only (25 min treadmill run at 60% VO2 max), Meal Only (910 kcal mixed meal), Exercise-Meal and Meal-Exercise. The thermogenic response to the Exercise-Meal treatment was similar to the Meal Only treatment. However, the Meal-Exercise treatment resulted in a greater energy expenditure than the Meal Only and Exercise-Meal treatments. The Exercise Only treatment showed the lowest thermogenic response. These data suggest that exercise following a meal would be more beneficial than exercise before a meal in increasing and maintaining an elevated energy expenditure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Exercise Sciences, College of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sadri
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Sargent
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D001835:Body Weight; D004435:Eating; D002149:Energy Intake; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen