GB 2) Inter-day changes

The diagrams below offer examples of actual measurements made of inter-day changes. A study was done to determine the degree of change in the impedance between the feet during dehydration; the first two days represent a normal daily routine, while in the latter two days a state of dehydration was induced using a sauna.

THE APPLICABILITY OF THE OVERSEAS BMR REGRESSION FORMULA AND ITS DIFFERENCES WITH THE OLD FORMULA

The New Regression Formula for Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)

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Intra-day fluctuations (Weight)

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Intra-day fluctuations (%FAT)

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No significant inter-day change was measured in body weight, impedance between the feet, or body fat percentage during the normal daily routine. During the dehydrated state, however, a drop in body weight of 1kg was noted, with the impedance between the feet rising approximately 15Ω on the first day of dehydration and 30-35Ω on the second day. As a result, body fat percentage was up by around 1% on the first day of dehydration and by 1.5-2% on the second day.

As mentioned earlier, impedance increases when body weight is reduced (such as by dehydration), and decreases when body weight is increased through excess consumption of food and drink. The inter-day change in impedance is thus inversely proportional to the change in body weight.

These inter-day changes stem from such causes as:

1)Temporary increases in body weight (total body water) through overeating and overdrinking

2)Dehydration due to heavy sweating during vigorous exercise

3)Dehydration due to alcohol consumption or the use of diuretics

4)Dehydration due to heavy sweating during saunas, etc. Accordingly, it is recommended that instructions be provided to the subject to help eliminate these causes when accurate measurements are needed.

It has long been said among medical and nutritional specialists that "The Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is more determined by the Fat Free Mass (FFM) than by the body weight" (Persons of a given body weight with a higher FFM will have a higher BMR), and that from the aspect of evaluating the body composition, should be estimated from the FFM. In addition, in cases of simple estimation formulae which can calculate from the height, weight and age, without evaluating the body composition, there was a problem with excessively high evaluations being given to obese persons with large body weight, and conversely excessively small BMR evaluations given to muscular athletes, though these are not as many in number. Currently, the BMR estimation recursion formula developed by Tanita, the manufacturer of body composition analyzers, based on their research, works by multiple regressive analysis using this FFM, and has a higher degree of accuracy in the individual differences in body composition. In order to derive the BMR, resting respiratory metabolism (Resting Energy Expenditure: REE) was measured using a breath gas analysis device, and this estimation recursion formula was created based on this data.

<Figure 1> The Relationship Between Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) According

to Breath Gas Analysis and Weight, FFM

(Presented at Nutrition Week, Held in San Diego in 2002)

 

FFM vs REE

 

Weight vs REE

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Inter-day changes in body fat percentage and impedance measured by BIA between the feet during normal daily routine and during dehydration

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Tanita BC-418MA GB 2 Inter-day changes, New Regression Formula for Basal Metabolic Rate BMR, FFM vs REE Weight vs REE