title: [Energy zero balance study on the energy intake of healthy adults engaged in light physical activities in southern China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Using an energy zero balance method to investigate and analyze the level of dietary energy intake of healthy adults in southern China, in order to provide basic data for revising Chinese energy DRIs.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 32 healthy adults engaged in light physical activities were recruited randomly. The food intake of each subject including meals and snacks was weighed and made records at same days intervals in a period of 2 month (covering Monday to Sunday of a week). The energy intake was calculated and adjusted with the change of body weight according to the energy balance principle.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average total energy intake of subjects in energy zero balance was (8.895 +/- 1.535) MJ/d, (10.070 +/- 1.150) MJ/d for male and (7.719 +/- 0.765) MJ/d for female.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The energy intake of healthy adults at zero balance could be measured at same days intervals within a 2 month period. The method was convenient, economical, available and practicable.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition and Food Safety Department of School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. xinyinkayla@qq.com
authors.forename: Xinyin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Cai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Yuna
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piao
authors.forename: Chengyu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D002681:China; D004032:Diet / Q000592:standards*; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000502:physiology*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D055815:Young Adult