title: Youth Energy Expenditure During Common Free-Living Activities and Treadmill Walking.
abstract: Energy expenditure (EE) estimates for a broad age range of youth performing a variety of activities are needed.
  
  
  
  106 participants (6-18 years) completed 6 free-living activities (seated rest, movie watching, coloring, stair climbing, basketball dribbling, jumping jacks) and up to 9 treadmill walking bouts (13.4 to 120.7 m/min; 13.4 m/min increments). Breath-by-breath oxygen uptake (VO2) was measured using the COSMED K4b2 and EE was quantified as youth metabolic equivalents (METy1:VO2/measured resting VO2, METy2:VO2/estimated resting VO2). Age trends were evaluated with ANOVA.
  
  
  
  Seated movie watching produced the lowest mean METy1 (6- to 9-year-olds: 0.94 ± 0.13) and METy2 values (13- to 15-year-olds: 1.10 ± 0.19), and jumping jacks produced the highest mean METy1 (13- to 15-year-olds: 6.89 ± 1.47) and METy2 values (16- to 18-year-olds: 8.61 ± 2.03). Significant age-related variability in METy1 and METy2 were noted for 8 and 2 of the 15 evaluated activities, respectively.
  
  
  
  Descriptive EE data presented herein will augment the Youth Compendium of Physical Activities.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, Oregon State University.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Schuna
authors.forename: Tiago V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Barreria
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hsia
authors.forename: William D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Catrine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tudor-Locke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*