Research Article

The Association of Physical Activity during Weekdays and Weekend with Body Composition in Young Adults

Table 2

Total daily energy expenditure and time spent at different physical activity intensities at baseline and 1-year follow-up. Values are mean ± SD.

Weight loss ()Weight maintenance ()Weight gain ()
WeekdaysWeekendWeekdaysWeekendWeekdaysWeekend

Baseline
 TDEE (kcal/day)2777.7 ± 559.72727.0 ± 583.12665.7 ± 489.42655.7 ± 543.42804.8 ± 522.92810.3 ± 559.3
 Sleep (min/day)1390.1 ± 49.4452.4 ± 68.8393.3 ± 57.5443.4 ± 68.6387.7 ± 54.6434.1 ± 78.8
 Sedentary excl. sleep (min/day)1696.0 ± 95.7648.1 ± 97.3696.6 ± 100.0645.2 ± 123.1707.3 ± 105.8660.5 ± 125.3
 Light PA (min/day) 220.1 ± 62.5208.9 ± 67.0218.6 ± 64.7223.0 ± 80.7202.8 ± 60.9200.4 ± 70.7
 MPA (min/day) 124.8 ± 70.4123.3 ± 90.5123.2 ± 68.7121.3 ± 80.0132.3 ± 79.6134.7 ± 101.2
 VPA (min/day) 8.8 ± 13.57.0 ± 10.48.0 ± 12.47.5 ± 14.69.8 ± 13.010.5 ± 16.2
1-year follow-up
 TDEE (kcal/day)2641.3 ± 468.4 2677.6 ± 529.12627.2 ± 472.32657.3 ± 555.12846.3 ± 504.02852.6 ± 555.6
 Sleep (min/day)1399.7 ± 47.1444.9 ± 71.1391.2 ± 58.4448.4 ± 86.0386.1 ± 60.7436.9 ± 88.1
 Sedentary excl. sleep (min/day)1684 ± 90.5616.5 ± 116.4702.7 ± 104.0642.7 ± 121.4709.8 ± 93.5650.8 ± 129.8
 Light PA (min/day) 216.5 ± 57.0231.9 ± 89.7215.4 ± 64.9215.2 ± 68.2217.9 ± 67.1224.2 ± 91.2
 MPA (min/day) 129.7 ± 61.6123.7 ± 74.0123.7 ± 74.0125.0 ± 87.6117.1 ± 65.8119.0 ± 81.5
 VPA (min/day) 9.2 ± 12.19.9 ± 14.26.5 ± 10.88.3 ± 15.27.9 ± 11.08.9 ± 16.5

Significant difference between weekdays and weekend in all weight change categories ().
TDEE: total daily energy expenditure; PA: physical activity; MPA: moderate physical activity; VPA: vigorous physical activity.