**Energy Metabolism in Children and Adolescents**

Valentin Son'kin and Ritta Tambovtseva

*Institute for Developmental Physiology Russian Academy of Education, Moscow Russian Federation* 

## **1. Introduction**

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> Energy metabolism is the most integral body function, and, as any functional activity, it has an effect on energy expenditure. Body energy expenditures are composed of three unequal parts: basal metabolism, energy supply of functional activity and energy expenditure on growth, development and the adaptive processes. The proportion of these expenditures is determined by the stage of individual development and specific life conditions.

> Basal metabolism (the minimum level of energy production in conditions of complete rest), in its turn, is composed of three primary energy expenditure types: minimum level of vital physiological functions; intracellular futile cycles of biochemical processes; and reparative processes, including growth and development expenditure.

> With age, basal metabolism expenditure and growth and development expenditure is considerably reduced, while functional expenditure can increase (for instance, muscle energy expenditure of an adult can be sometimes more than that of a child), but in any case they undergo important qualitative changes.
