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Juan Manuel

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  • PublicationOpen Access
    Energy expenditure differences across lying, sitting, and standing positions in young healthy adults
    (PLoS, 2019) Amaro Gahete, Francisco J.; Sánchez Delgado, Guillermo; Alcántara Alcántara, Juan Manuel; Martínez Téllez, Borja; Acosta, Francisco M.; Merchán Ramírez, Elisa; Löf, M.; Labayen Goñi, Idoia; Ruiz, Jonatan R.; Ciencias de la Salud; Osasun Zientziak
    The time spent in sedentary behaviour represents an important public health burden. To reduce sedentary time in the general population, the simplest, most effective, and most accessible method is to decrease lying and sitting time. We aimed to compare differences on energy expenditure (EE) across lying, sitting, and standing positions; and to analyse the associations between the change on EE of changing from one position to another and anthropometric and body composition parameters in young healthy adults. A total of 55 (69% women) young healthy adults aged 21.7 ± 2.2 participated in the study. We measured EE by indirect calorimetry across lying, sitting, and standing positions following the standard procedures. The EE was significantly higher in standing than in both lying and sitting positions (mean difference: 0.121±0.292 and 0.125±0.241 kcal/min, respectively; all P<0.001), and no differences were observed between lying and sitting positions (P = 1.000). There was a negative association between the EE differences in sitting vs. standing position and lean body mass (P = 0.048), yet no associations between EE differences with the rest of the anthropometric and body composition parameters were observed in each position pair studied (all P>0.321). Our findings support the fact that increasing the time spent standing could be a simple strategy to slightly increase EE. Therefore, our results have important clinical implications including a better monitoring, characterizing, and promoting countermeasures to sedentariness through low-level physical activities.
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    Reliability of resting metabolic rate measurements in young adults: impact of methods for data analysis
    (Elsevier, 2018) Sánchez Delgado, Guillermo; Alcántara Alcántara, Juan Manuel; Ortiz Álvarez, Lourdes; Xu, Huiwen; Martínez Téllez, Borja; Labayen Goñi, Idoia; Ruiz, Jonatan R.; Ciencias de la Salud; Osasun Zientziak
    Background and aims: a high inter-day reliability is a key factor to analyze the magnitude of change in resting metabolic rate (RMR) after an intervention, and the impact of using different methods for data analysis is not known. The aims of this study were: i) to analyze the impact of methods for data analysis on RMR and respiratory exchange ratio (RER) estimation; ii) to analyze the impact of methods for data analysis on inter-day RMR and RER reliability; iii) to compare inter-day RMR and RER reliability across methods for data analysis in participants who achieved steady state (SS) vs. participants who did not achieve SS. Methods: Seventeen young healthy adults completed two 30-min indirect calorimetry (IC) measures on two consecutive mornings, using two metabolic carts each day. Two methods for data analysis were used: i) Selection of a predefined time interval (TI) every 5 min (1-5 min, 6-10 min, 11-15 min, 16-20 min, 21-25 min, 26-30 min); and TI representing the whole measurement period (0-30 min, 5-30 min, 5-25 min); and ii) Methods based on the selection of the most stable period (SSt methods) (3 min SSt, 4 min SSt, 5 min SSt, 10 min SSt). Additionally, participants were classified as those achieving SS (CV < 10% for VO2, VCO2 and VE, and CV < 5% for RER) and those who did not. Results: RMR and RER measurements were lower when following SSt methods than when following TI methods (all P < 0.01). Although no significant differences were found between different lengths of SSt, 5 min SSt presented the lowest RMR. There were no differences on the inter-day reliability across methods for data analysis (TI and SSt) (all P > 0.2), and there was no systematic bias when comparing RMR and RER day 1 and day 2 measurements (all P > 0.1). Inter-day reliability was similar in individuals who achieved the SS and individuals who did not achieve it. The results were consistent independently of the metabolic cart used. Conclusions: The 5 min SSt approach should be the method of choice for analyzing IC measures with metabolic carts. However, achieving SS should not be an inclusion criterion in an IC study with young healthy adults.
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    Impact of cow's milk intake on exercise performance and recovery of muscle function: a systematic review
    (BMC, 2019) Alcántara Alcántara, Juan Manuel; Sánchez Delgado, Guillermo; Martínez Téllez, Borja; Labayen Goñi, Idoia; Ruiz, Jonatan R.; Institute on Innovation and Sustainable Development in Food Chain - ISFOOD
    Dairy products are thought to improve recovery after both resistance and endurance exercises due to their nutritional proprieties. We systematically reviewed the effects of dairy product intake on exercise performance and recovery of muscle function in humans. A literature search was conducted in the MEDLINE (via PubMed) and Web of Science databases from their inception to 15th April 2018. The initial search retrieved 7708 articles, and a total of 11 studies were finally included after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria. All the selected studies were conducted with cow's milk. Whereas some studies found significant positive effect of cow's milk on exercise performance and recovery of muscle function, others did not find any effect. These controversies could be due to the heterogeneity of cow's milk ingestion (e.g., amount of cow's milk, timing of consuming the cow's milk), to the type of intervention, and to the large heterogeneity of outcomes measured. Limited studies exist examining the effects of cow's milk consumption and its influence on exercise performance and recovery of muscle function, therefore further studies are needed to draw more definitive conclusions.
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    Congruent validity of resting energy expenditure predictive equations in young adults
    (MDPI, 2019) Amaro Gahete, Francisco J.; Sánchez Delgado, Guillermo; Alcántara Alcántara, Juan Manuel; Martínez Téllez, Borja; Muñoz-Hernández, Victoria; Merchán Ramírez, Elisa; Löf, M.; Labayen Goñi, Idoia; Ruiz, Jonatan R.; Institute on Innovation and Sustainable Development in Food Chain - ISFOOD
    Having valid and reliable resting energy expenditure (REE) estimations is crucial to establish reachable goals for dietary and exercise interventions. However, most of the REE predictive equations were developed some time ago and, as the body composition of the current population has changed, it is highly relevant to assess the validity of REE predictive equations in contemporary young adults. In addition, little is known about the role of sex and weight status on the validity of these predictive equations. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the role of sex and weight status in congruent validity of REE predictive equations in young adults. A total of 132 young healthy adults (67.4% women, 18⁻26 years old) participated in the study. We measured REE by indirect calorimetry strictly following the standard procedures, and we compared it to 45 predictive equations. The most accurate equations were the following: (i) the Schofield and the "Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization/United Nations" (FAO/WHO/UNU) equations in normal weight men; (ii) the Mifflin and FAO/WHO/UNU equations in normal weight women; (iii) the Livingston and Korth equations in overweight men; (iv) the Johnstone and Frankenfield equations in overweight women; (v) the Owen and Bernstein equations in obese men; and (vi) the Owen equation in obese women. In conclusion, the results of this study show that the best equation to estimate REE depends on sex and weight status in young healthy adults.