Posted on 08/14/2021 2:26:21 PM PDT by algore
As any parent knows, toddlers are bundles of energy. Now, the first comprehensive study of energy use over the human life span has quantified their burn rate: Infants between the ages of 9 and 15 months expend a stunning 50% more energy in 1 day than adults do, adjusted for body size.
These wee dynamos consume and use up energy even faster than pregnant women and teenage boys, most likely to fuel their energetically expensive brains and organs.
“Little people are not burning energy like small adults,” says Duke University evolutionary biologist Herman Pontzer, who led the new analysis of data from around the world. “They are burning energy superfast … like a different species.”
But children also burn out fast. Their high metabolisms make them particularly vulnerable to stunted growth and disease if they don’t get the calories they need.
Their cells may also metabolize drugs faster than those of adults, which means they may need more frequent doses. On the flip side, adults older than 60 begin to use less energy daily than younger people, and they may require less food or lower doses of medications, especially after age 90 when they use 26% less energy than middle-age people.
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Good God! We are getting dumber by the minute.
Good God! We are getting dumber by the minute.
Children are more active because of higher metabolic rates?
Ask any parent if this is news.
Human children are a different species. Follow the science.
“Little kids burn so much energy, they’re like a different species, study finds”
A Clue for the clueless. Anyone that has raised kiddos already knows this ... no study needed.
And all of it gets channeled through their vocal cords all at once as soon as some ass clown sits one down in first class on a plane
This is why Ritalin and Aderrall were invented.
Too many lazy parents that can’t deal with a normal kid.
Wished I’d saved a little for retirement.
i get the impression the drugs were created to replace disciplinary actions...
spanking children is no longer permitted...
Unfortunately the mRna injections only cause miscarriages in a significant number of pregnant people, we need to do more
I can’t believe it took a ‘study’ to discover that children have energy! They are young and their bodies are healthy. They are growing and discovering the world they live in. Of course they are full of energy.
Which is why the tranquilizer darts don't work nearly as long.
Yeah, but “expending 50% more energy in one day than adults do, adjusted for body size.” is fascinating. Everybody know kids need a lot of fuel, but 50% more is somewhat surprising.
A lot of that burned-up energy comes out the rear port, too.
Must have been a “scientist” that never had kids.
Hiw much money was spent to find out the obvious???
How many years have we known about the caloric needs of toddlers?
That reminds me of a WKRP episode where Dr. Johnny Fever had to do guest interviews and his first guest was a "child psychologist."
It went pretty good until the guest wrapped up with, to paraphrase, "and in my professional opinion all the research indicates that children are, by any standard, clinically insane!"
Mr. Carlson didn't force Johnny to do any more interviews.
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