G B Spurr
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4293255 |
|---|---|
| NOME | G B Spurr |
| PRENOMES | G B |
| SOBRENOME | Spurr |
| ASSINATURA | SPURR G B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Medical College of Wisconsin |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1983 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2003 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Physical activity of poor urban women in Cali, Colombia
We have previously presented evidence that the physical activity level (PAL) and total energy expenditure (per kg body weight) of poor urban women who “work” (engage in income‐earning activities) is similar to those who do not “work” (but do tend to household and childcare responsibilities) (Spurr et al. [1996] Am J Clin Nutr 63:870–878; [1997] Med Sci Sports Exerc 29:1255–1262). These findings were unexpected and raised questions regarding the a…
Anthropometric characteristics of pregnant women in Cali, Colombia and relationship to birth weight
Anthropometric dimensions were collected from 46 pregnant women living in Cali, Colombia to gain a better understanding of how poor, urban women deal with the demands of pregnancy and to identify relationships between maternal characteristics and infant birth weight. Height, weight, skinfold thicknesses (subscapular, suprailiac, thigh, calf, and triceps), and circumferences (hip, thigh, calf, and mid‐upper arm) were measured on all women. Infant …
Food and macronutrient intake of economically disadvantaged pregnant women in Colombia
The objective of this article is to assess changes in diet composition, defined in terms of macronutrient intake and types of foods consumed, in pregnancy in poor urban women in Colombia. The subjects were 20 pregnant and 20 matched nonpregnant, nonlactating (NPNL) women 19 to 35 years of age. The pregnant women were studied in three measurement rounds at 14.0 +/- 3.6, 27 +/- 2.2, and 35 +/- 1.7 weeks gestation, and the NPNL women in three measur…
Gastrointestinal parasitic infection, anthropometrics, nutritional status, and physical work capacity in Colombian boys
This article tests the hypothesis that the presence of gastrointestinal parasites in Colombian boys is negatively associated with anthropometric characteristics, physical work capacity, blood hemoglobin (Hb) levels, and nutritional status. Anthropometric, Hb, &Vdot;O(2) max, and parasite load data were collected on 1,016 boys in Cali, Colombia. The boys were classified as lower socioeconomic class (SEC) from either urban or rural environments, an…
Food and macronutrient intake of economically disadvantaged pregnant women in Colombia
The objective of this article is to assess changes in diet composition, defined in terms of macronutrient intake and types of foods consumed, in pregnancy in poor urban women in Colombia. The subjects were 20 pregnant and 20 matched nonpregnant, nonlactating (NPNL) women 19 to 35 years of age. The pregnant women were studied in three measurement rounds at 14.0 ± 3.6, 27 ± 2.2, and 35 ± 1.7 weeks gestation, and the NPNL women in three measurement …
Gastrointestinal parasitic infection, anthropometrics, nutritional status, and physical work capacity in Colombian boys
This article tests the hypothesis that the presence of gastrointestinal parasites in Colombian boys is negatively associated with anthropometric characteristics, physical work capacity, blood hemoglobin (Hb) levels, and nutritional status. Anthropometric, Hb, V̇O2 max, and parasite load data were collected on 1,016 boys in Cali, Colombia. The boys were classified as lower socioeconomic class (SEC) from either urban or rural environments, and uppe…
Estimating energy intake of urban women in Colombia
As part of a larger study of energy-nutrition, we compared the performance of 24 h diet recalls with estimated diet records kept by trained observers. The subjects were economically disadvantaged women (n = 85) in the city of Cali, Colombia. A 24 h recall and an estimated diet record were collected for each woman at 0 and approximately 3 and 6 months. Energy intake obtained from the estimated dietary records was validated against energy expenditu…
Household headship and nutritional status
Approximately one-third of all poor urban households in Latin America are headed by females. This study compares the nutritional status of women and children from female-headed (FHH) and male/dual headed (MHH/DHH) households in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in Cali, Colombia. Data collected included socioeconomic indicators, anthropometric dimensions, dietary intake, and interviews documenting household composition. Classification of h…
Comparative study of flex heart rate in colombian children and in pregnant, lactating, and non‐pregnant, nonlactating women
The heart rate (HR) value employed to separate resting and active portions of the calibration curves used to estimate energy expenditure (EE) from minute-by-minute HR recordings is called the flex-HR. The present study has characterized it, the resting HR and the average daily HR during the awake portion of the day (12–14 h) by comparing age, gender and nutritional status effects related to measured maximum oxygen consumption (V̇ max; ml/min/kg b…
Comparative study of flex heart rate in colombian children and in pregnant, lactating, and non-pregnant, nonlactating women
The heart rate (HR) value employed to separate resting and active portions of the calibration curves used to estimate energy expenditure (EE) from minute-by-minute HR recordings is called the flex-HR. The present study has characterized it, the resting HR and the average daily HR during the awake portion of the day (12-14 h) by comparing age, gender and nutritional status effects related to measured maximum oxygen consumption (V̇ O 2 max; ml/min/…
Living on the edge
Economically impoverished women in Cali, Colombia, have restricted access to food in a city where food is abundant. Ethnographic observations, interviews and 2 day food records were used to better understand the coping strategies used by a group of these women (n = 85) to maintain adequate levels of energy intake. Anthropometric indicators of nutritional status were normal for the group. Interview data revealed that the ability to purchase food w…
Energy expenditures of urban Colombian girls and women
Anthropometry, basal metabolic rate (BMR), and resting energy expenditure (RMR) measured by indirect calorimetry and total daily energy expenditure (TDEE) by the minute-by-minute heart rate (HR) method have been studied in 52 school-aged girls 6-16 years and 46 nonpregnant, nonlactating women 19-43 years of age. BMR, RMR, and TDEE increased with age in children, reaching approximate adult values by 15 years. TDEE averaged 9.29 ± 2.32 MJ/d in wome…
Anthropometry and secular changes in stature of urban Colombian women of differing socioeconomic status
Anthropometric dimensions were taken on 1,572 women, 18–44 years of age, from Cali, Colombia, from three different socioeconomic (SEC) groups: low (LEC), mid‐low (MLEC), and upper (UEC). LEC and MLEC women were significantly shorter and had higher body mass indices (BMIs) than UEC women, and a significantly larger number had BMIs over 27.3 kg/m 2 . There were no significant differences between SEC groups for skinfolds on the arm, but skinfolds on…
Maximal oxygen consumption of Colombian women of differing socioeconomic status
Maximal oxygen consumption ( \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ {\rm \dot V}_{{\rm O}_2 } $\end{document} max) was measured directly by a treadmill protocol in 23 upper (UEC) and 23 lower (LEC) socioeconomic women, 19–37 years of age, living in Cali, Colombia. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ {\rm \dot V}_{{\rm O}_2 } $\en…
Maximum oxygen consumption in marginally malnourished Colombian boys and girls 6–16 years of age
Treadmill measurements of maximum oxygen intake were made in 218 boys and 136 girls 6–16 years of age who were classified as nutritionally normal or marginally malnourished. max (1· min −1 )increased with age, was lower in the undernourished than in the normal, and was significantly lower in girls than in boys. The sex differences persisted when max was expressed in terms of body weight and lean body mass, indicating that differences in physical …
Nutritional status and physical work capacity
The functional consequences of nutritional intake and resulting nutritional status are reviewed in terms of maximal oxygen consumption, physical work capacity, heart rate response to exercise, work productivity, and endurance at submaximal work loads. The results of both acute “laboratory” and chronic “naturally occurring” malnutrition are considered as well as the effects of dietary supplementation and recovery from previously existing undernutr…
Nutritional status and physical work capacity
The functional consequences of nutritional intake and resulting nutritional status are reviewed in terms of maximal oxygen consumption, physical work capacity, heart rate response to exercise, work productivity, and endurance at submaximal work loads. The results of both acute “laboratory” and chronic “naturally occurring” malnutrition are considered as well as the effects of dietary supplementation and recovery from previously existing undernutr…
Nutritional status and physical work capacity
The functional consequences of nutritional intake and resulting nutritional status are reviewed in terms of maximal oxygen consumption, physical work capacity, heart rate response to exercise, work productivity, and endurance at submaximal work loads. The results of both acute “laboratory” and chronic “naturally occurring” malnutrition are considered as well as the effects of dietary supplementation and recovery from previously existing undernutr…
Maximum oxygen consumption in marginally malnourished Colombian boys and girls 6–16 years of age
Treadmill measurements of maximum oxygen intake were made in 218 boys and 136 girls 6–16 years of age who were classified as nutritionally normal or marginally malnourished. max (1· min −1 )increased with age, was lower in the undernourished than in the normal, and was significantly lower in girls than in boys. The sex differences persisted when max was expressed in terms of body weight and lean body mass, indicating that differences in physical …
Maximal oxygen consumption of Colombian women of differing socioeconomic status
Maximal oxygen consumption ( \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ {\rm \dot V}_{{\rm O}_2 } $\end{document} max) was measured directly by a treadmill protocol in 23 upper (UEC) and 23 lower (LEC) socioeconomic women, 19–37 years of age, living in Cali, Colombia. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ {\rm \dot V}_{{\rm O}_2 } $\en…
Anthropometry and secular changes in stature of urban Colombian women of differing socioeconomic status
Anthropometric dimensions were taken on 1,572 women, 18–44 years of age, from Cali, Colombia, from three different socioeconomic (SEC) groups: low (LEC), mid‐low (MLEC), and upper (UEC). LEC and MLEC women were significantly shorter and had higher body mass indices (BMIs) than UEC women, and a significantly larger number had BMIs over 27.3 kg/m 2 . There were no significant differences between SEC groups for skinfolds on the arm, but skinfolds on…
Energy expenditures of urban Colombian girls and women
Anthropometry, basal metabolic rate (BMR), and resting energy expenditure (RMR) measured by indirect calorimetry and total daily energy expenditure (TDEE) by the minute-by-minute heart rate (HR) method have been studied in 52 school-aged girls 6-16 years and 46 nonpregnant, nonlactating women 19-43 years of age. BMR, RMR, and TDEE increased with age in children, reaching approximate adult values by 15 years. TDEE averaged 9.29 ± 2.32 MJ/d in wome…
Comparative study of flex heart rate in colombian children and in pregnant, lactating, and non‐pregnant, nonlactating women
The heart rate (HR) value employed to separate resting and active portions of the calibration curves used to estimate energy expenditure (EE) from minute-by-minute HR recordings is called the flex-HR. The present study has characterized it, the resting HR and the average daily HR during the awake portion of the day (12–14 h) by comparing age, gender and nutritional status effects related to measured maximum oxygen consumption (V̇ max; ml/min/kg b…
Comparative study of flex heart rate in colombian children and in pregnant, lactating, and non-pregnant, nonlactating women
The heart rate (HR) value employed to separate resting and active portions of the calibration curves used to estimate energy expenditure (EE) from minute-by-minute HR recordings is called the flex-HR. The present study has characterized it, the resting HR and the average daily HR during the awake portion of the day (12-14 h) by comparing age, gender and nutritional status effects related to measured maximum oxygen consumption (V̇ O 2 max; ml/min/…
Living on the edge
Economically impoverished women in Cali, Colombia, have restricted access to food in a city where food is abundant. Ethnographic observations, interviews and 2 day food records were used to better understand the coping strategies used by a group of these women (n = 85) to maintain adequate levels of energy intake. Anthropometric indicators of nutritional status were normal for the group. Interview data revealed that the ability to purchase food w…
Household headship and nutritional status
Approximately one-third of all poor urban households in Latin America are headed by females. This study compares the nutritional status of women and children from female-headed (FHH) and male/dual headed (MHH/DHH) households in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in Cali, Colombia. Data collected included socioeconomic indicators, anthropometric dimensions, dietary intake, and interviews documenting household composition. Classification of h…
Food and macronutrient intake of economically disadvantaged pregnant women in Colombia
The objective of this article is to assess changes in diet composition, defined in terms of macronutrient intake and types of foods consumed, in pregnancy in poor urban women in Colombia. The subjects were 20 pregnant and 20 matched nonpregnant, nonlactating (NPNL) women 19 to 35 years of age. The pregnant women were studied in three measurement rounds at 14.0 +/- 3.6, 27 +/- 2.2, and 35 +/- 1.7 weeks gestation, and the NPNL women in three measur…
Gastrointestinal parasitic infection, anthropometrics, nutritional status, and physical work capacity in Colombian boys
This article tests the hypothesis that the presence of gastrointestinal parasites in Colombian boys is negatively associated with anthropometric characteristics, physical work capacity, blood hemoglobin (Hb) levels, and nutritional status. Anthropometric, Hb, &Vdot;O(2) max, and parasite load data were collected on 1,016 boys in Cali, Colombia. The boys were classified as lower socioeconomic class (SEC) from either urban or rural environments, an…
Food and macronutrient intake of economically disadvantaged pregnant women in Colombia
The objective of this article is to assess changes in diet composition, defined in terms of macronutrient intake and types of foods consumed, in pregnancy in poor urban women in Colombia. The subjects were 20 pregnant and 20 matched nonpregnant, nonlactating (NPNL) women 19 to 35 years of age. The pregnant women were studied in three measurement rounds at 14.0 ± 3.6, 27 ± 2.2, and 35 ± 1.7 weeks gestation, and the NPNL women in three measurement …
Gastrointestinal parasitic infection, anthropometrics, nutritional status, and physical work capacity in Colombian boys
This article tests the hypothesis that the presence of gastrointestinal parasites in Colombian boys is negatively associated with anthropometric characteristics, physical work capacity, blood hemoglobin (Hb) levels, and nutritional status. Anthropometric, Hb, V̇O2 max, and parasite load data were collected on 1,016 boys in Cali, Colombia. The boys were classified as lower socioeconomic class (SEC) from either urban or rural environments, and uppe…
Estimating energy intake of urban women in Colombia
As part of a larger study of energy-nutrition, we compared the performance of 24 h diet recalls with estimated diet records kept by trained observers. The subjects were economically disadvantaged women (n = 85) in the city of Cali, Colombia. A 24 h recall and an estimated diet record were collected for each woman at 0 and approximately 3 and 6 months. Energy intake obtained from the estimated dietary records was validated against energy expenditu…
Anthropometric characteristics of pregnant women in Cali, Colombia and relationship to birth weight
Anthropometric dimensions were collected from 46 pregnant women living in Cali, Colombia to gain a better understanding of how poor, urban women deal with the demands of pregnancy and to identify relationships between maternal characteristics and infant birth weight. Height, weight, skinfold thicknesses (subscapular, suprailiac, thigh, calf, and triceps), and circumferences (hip, thigh, calf, and mid‐upper arm) were measured on all women. Infant …
Physical activity of poor urban women in Cali, Colombia
We have previously presented evidence that the physical activity level (PAL) and total energy expenditure (per kg body weight) of poor urban women who “work” (engage in income‐earning activities) is similar to those who do not “work” (but do tend to household and childcare responsibilities) (Spurr et al. [1996] Am J Clin Nutr 63:870–878; [1997] Med Sci Sports Exerc 29:1255–1262). These findings were unexpected and raised questions regarding the a…
Medicine (15 obras) · Demography (11 obras) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (11 obras) · Anthropometry (7 obras) · Biology (7 obras) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (6 obras) · Internal Medicine (6 obras) · Population (5 obras) · Economics (4 obras) · Environmental health (4 obras)