Research Article

Dietary Fiber Intake among Normal-Weight and Overweight Female Health Care Workers: An Exploratory Nested Case-Control Study within FINALE-Health

Table 3

Total calories from nine-day diary. Reported daily intake (EI) in kcal, basal metabolic rate (BMR), and energy intake/basal metabolic rate (EI/BMR) calculated from reported calorie intake according to Schofield et al. [15]. Total energy expenditure (TEE) (kcal) according to physical activity level (PAL) of 1.8 for each group. All values are presented as average of each group with standard deviation in brackets.

EI (kcal)BMR (kcal)TEE (kcal)EI/BMR

Normal-weight1865 (±400)1361 (±49)2450 (±83)1.37
Obese2258 (±453)1667 (±115)3001 (±207)1.35