{"id":26,"date":"2016-12-02T18:37:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T18:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nccororgms.wpengine.com\/tools-youthcompendium\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-02-12T22:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T22:56:12","slug":"how-to-use","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nccor.org\/tools-youthcompendium\/how-to-use\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Access &#038; Use These Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"contentpage\">\n<p>Values in the Youth Compendium are listed according to 16 major categories, followed by specific activities within those categories. Each activity has a code and separate MET<sub>y<\/sub> values for each of 4 age groups (6-9, 10-12, 13-15, 16-18 years).<\/p>\n<p>Data are presented as smoothed values\u00a0and observed\/imputed values.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The smoothed values are estimated from the observed and imputed data and are the default values recommended for use in evaluation studies and for EE estimates by different demographic groups of children.<\/li>\n<li>The observed\/imputed values may be of greater interest to basic researchers interested in measurement of pediatric energy expenditure. Details concerning observed values, imputed values, and model-based estimates of smoothed values are given in the <a href=\"http:\/\/nccororgms.wpengine.com\/tools-youthcompendium\/methods\/\">Methods section<\/a> and in <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.lww.com\/acsm-msse\/Abstract\/publishahead\/A_Youth_Compendium_of_Physical_Activities__.97109.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Butte et al., 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can access the information on this website in multiple ways. You can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Look at MET<sub>y<\/sub> values on-screen by\n<ul>\n<li>Viewing all activities simultaneously.<\/li>\n<li>Viewing specific activities within a major activity category. Click on the category name and the list will expand to show all activities within the category and their corresponding MET<sub>y<\/sub> values by age group.<\/li>\n<li>Searching for specific activities. You can search within a category or search in all categories. The search is not case-sensitive and it will look for the letters in the search box in both the Activity Category column and in the Specific Activity column. For example, if you type \u201cactive\u201d in the search box, all activities within the Active Play category will appear, as will any specific activity that has \u201cactive\u201d within the activity description.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Download the data in a file that includes activity categories, specific activities, activity codes (which include age group), and MET<sub>y<\/sub> values. To access a specific file, go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/nccororgms.wpengine.com\/tools-youthcompendium\/downloads\/\">Download<\/a> section of the website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can use the MET<sub>y<\/sub> values on this website to predict the energy cost of physical activities.\n<ul>\n<li>Total energy cost of a physical activity can be estimated based on the age-group specific MET<sub>y<\/sub> value from the Youth Compendium, a measured or computed BMR, and duration of the specific activity, as follows:<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total energy cost (kcal) = MET<sub>y<\/sub> x BMR (kcal\/min) x duration (min).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>BMR may be measured by indirect calorimetry or predicted from the Schofield age- and sex-specific equations. Since the Youth Compendium utilized the Schofield equations to predict BMR, these equations are suggested for consistency.\n<div style=\"font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p>The BMR for boys is predicted from the Schofield equations as follows:<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n3\u201310y BMR (kcal\/min) = [22.706 \u00d7 Weight (kg) + 504.3]\/1440<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>10\u201318y BMR (kcal\/min) = [17.686 \u00d7 Weight (kg) + 658.2]\/1440<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>and BMR for girls is predicted from the Schofield equations as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>3-10y BMR (kcal\/min) = [20.315 \u00d7 Weight (kg) + 485.9]\/1440<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>10-18y BMR (kcal\/min) = [13.384 \u00d7 Weight (kg) + 692.6]\/1440<br \/>\n<\/strong><em><br \/>\nExample:<\/em>\u00a0 What is the energy expenditure for a 14-yr-old girl (who weighs 40 kg) walking at 3 mph for 20 minutes?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total energy cost = METy x BMR (kcal\/min) x duration (min)<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n4.3 x BMR x 20 where BMR = [13.384 \u00d7 40 kg + 692.6]\/1440<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n4.3 x .853 x 20 = 73.3 kcal<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Values in the Youth Compendium are listed according to 16 major categories, followed by specific activities within those categories. 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