Sex differences in energy metabolism: natural selection, mechanisms and consequences

F Mauvais-Jarvis - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2024 - nature.com
Metabolic homeostasis operates differently in men and women. This sex asymmetry is the
result of evolutionary adaptations that enable women to resist loss of energy stores and …

Sex differences in cognition: A meta-analysis of variance ratios in the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children

D Giofrè, E Toffalini, A Perugini, L Espostito… - Personality and …, 2024 - Elsevier
A meta-analytic approach was used to explore sex differences in within-sex variation across
different versions of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC). Mean sex …

Total energy expenditure as assessed by doubly labeled water and all-cause mortality in a cohort of postmenopausal women

RL Prentice, AK Aragaki, JAE Manson… - The American journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The association of TEE with all-cause mortality is uncertain, as is the
dependence of this association on age. Objectives To examine the association between …

Variability in variability: does variation in morphological and physiological traits differ between men and women?

LG Halsey, GP Esteves… - Royal Society Open …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Many researchers presume greater variability between female participants than between
males due to the menstrual cycle. This view has encouraged a sex bias in health and …

The interplay between sex, time of day, fasting status, and their impact on cardiac mitochondrial structure, function, and dynamics

MS Kane, GA Benavides, E Osuma, MS Johnson… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Mitochondria morphology and function, and their quality control by mitophagy, are essential
for heart function. We investigated whether these are influenced by time of the day (TOD) …

Far from the walking pace. Ecological and evolutionary consequences of the suboptimal locomotion speeds in non‐adult humans

G Zorrilla‐Revilla, SL Volpe… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Locomotion activities are part of most human daily tasks and are the basis for
subsistence activities, particularly for hunter–gatherers. Therefore, differences in speed …

Validation of predictive equations to estimate resting metabolic rate of females and males across different activity levels

O Prado‐Nóvoa, KR Howard… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Using equations to predict resting metabolic rate (RMR) has yielded different
degrees of validity, particularly when sex and different physical activity levels were …

The energetics of childhood: Current knowledge and insights into human variation, evolution, and health

SS Urlacher - American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
How organisms capture and ultimately use metabolic energy–a limiting resource of life–has
profound implications for understanding evolutionary legacies and current patterns of …

Associations between Intra-Assessment Resting Metabolic Rate Variability and Health-Related Factors

JMA Alcantara, FJ Osuna-Prieto, A Plaza-Florido - Metabolites, 2022 - mdpi.com
In humans, the variation in resting metabolic rate (RMR) might be associated with health-
related factors, as suggested by previous studies. This study explored whether the intra …

Energy expenditure during nutritional rehabilitation: a scoping review to investigate hypermetabolism in individuals with anorexia nervosa

KK Reed, AE Silverman, A Abbaspour… - Journal of Eating …, 2024 - Springer
Background Weight gain and nutritional rehabilitation are essential first steps to achieve
medical stabilization in anorexia nervosa, and frequent resistance to weight gain requires …