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Research Project: Energy Met.: Novel Approaches to Facilitating Successful Energy Regulation in Aging--Obesity & Met.: Role of Adipocyte Metabolism in the Development of Obesity and Associated Metabolic Complications

Location: Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center On Aging

Title: Dietary energy

Author
item ROBERTS, SUSAN - Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center On Aging At Tufts University
item FLAHERMAN, VALERIE - University Of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Submitted to: Advances in Nutrition
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/25/2022
Publication Date: 2/9/2023
Citation: Roberts, S., Flaherman, V. 2023. Dietary energy. Advances in Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmac092.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmac092

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: This article provides an overview of dietary energy. It explains how dietary energy is calculated, the consequences of excess and inadequate dietary energy across the lifespan, and new topics in research on dietary energy. One of the noteworthy factors about dietary energy highlighted in the manuscript is how this topic is widely considered to be simple, with Nutrition Fact labels providing a clear and precise number. However, there is wide variability in calculated energy intake even using the approved FDA methods, and recent research also indicates very variable dietary energy available from some foods depending on the form of the food and whether it is structurally intact (e.g. whole nuts).