title: Validity of the BodyGem calorimeter and prediction equations for the assessment of resting energy expenditure in overweight and obese Saudi males.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the accuracy of resting energy expenditure (REE) measurement in a sample of overweight and obese Saudi males, using the BodyGem device (BG) with whole room calorimetry (WRC) as a reference, and to evaluate the accuracy of predictive equations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-eight subjects (mean +/- SD, age 26.8+/- 3.7 years, body mass index 31.0+/- 4.8) were recruited during the period from 5 February 2007 to 28 March 2008. Resting energy expenditure was measured using a WRC and BG device, and also calculated using 7 prediction equations. Mean differences, bias, percent of bias (%bias), accurate estimation, underestimation and overestimation were calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Repeated measures with the BG were not significantly different (accurate prediction: 81.6%; %bias 1.1+/- 6.3, p>0.24) with limits of agreement ranging from +242 to -200 kcal. Resting energy expenditure measured by BG was significantly less than WRC values (accurate prediction: 47.4%; %bias: 11.0+/- 14.6, p = 0.0001) with unacceptably wide limits of agreement. Harris-Benedict, Schofield and World Health Organization equations were the most accurate, estimating REE within 10% of measured REE, but none seem appropriate to predict the REE of individuals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a poor agreement between the REE measured by WRC compared to BG or predictive equations. The BG assessed REE accurately in 47.4% of the subjects on an individual level.
authors: College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Community Health Sciences, Clinical Nutrition Program, King Saud University, PO Box 10219, Riyadh 11433, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. aalmejwal@hotmail.com
authors: Ali M
authors: AM
authors: Almajwal
authors: Peter G
authors: PG
authors: Williams
authors: Marijka J
authors: MJ
authors: Batterham
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002151:Calorimetry / Q000295:instrumentation; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D009765:Obesity / Q000378:metabolism; D050177:Overweight / Q000378:metabolism*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D055815:Young Adult