Schmelzle et al reported equations for predicting the resting energy expenditure (REE) of obese pediatric patients. The authors are from University Children's Hospital Greifswald and the Coordination Centre for Clinical Trials in Halle, Germany.
Group 1: male and female, 4 to 10 years of age
Group 2: male, 11 to 15 years
Group 3: female, 11 to 15 years
Parameters:
(1) age in years
(2) gender
(3) body weight in kilograms
(4) lean body mass (LMA) by DXA in kilograms
(5) height in cm
Group 1 REE in kcal per day =
= (38.8 * (LMA)) + 505
= (15 * (weight)) + (5.3 * (height)) -3
Group 2 REE in kcal per day =
= (27.2 * (LMA)) + 766
= (6.6 * (weight)) + (13.1 * (height)) - 794
Group 3 REE in kcal per day =
= (12.1 * (weight)) + 689
= (11.9 * (weight)) + (0.84 * (height)) + 579
