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Thirteen sedentary adults with overweight\/mild obesity [M\u2009=\u200911, F\u2009=\u20092; 29.0 (5.5) yr; maximal oxygen uptake (V\u0307O\n                    <jats:sub>2max<\/jats:sub>\n                    ): 27.4 (2.0) mL\u00b7kg\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u00b7min\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    <jats:sub>;<\/jats:sub>\n                    body mass index (BMI)\u2009=\u200929.6 (3.0)] were recruited. Participants completed a ramp incremental and steady-state walking (4.0, 4.5, 5.0, and 5.5\u00a0km\u00b7h\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    ) whilst wearing weighted vest (10% body mass; VEST) and unweighted control (CON). EE was estimated via indirect calorimetry (EE\n                    <jats:sub>IC<\/jats:sub>\n                    ) and BCM (EE\n                    <jats:sub>BCM<\/jats:sub>\n                    ), using a combined accelerometry\/heart rate (HR) sensor (ActiHeart 5), and cardiorespiratory responses were determined from gas analysis. Limits of agreement (LoA) and concordance correlation coefficient (\n                    <jats:italic>CCC<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) were used to assess validity of EE\n                    <jats:sub>BCM<\/jats:sub>\n                    . Repeated-measures ANOVA (condition\n                    <jats:sub>*<\/jats:sub>\n                    velocity) was used to examine physiological responses. Significant main effects of VEST included elevated oxygen consumption (V\u0307O\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    ; ml.kg\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    .min\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    ;\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), ventilation (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), respiratory exchange ratio (RER;\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), HR (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and both EE\n                    <jats:sub>IC<\/jats:sub>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and EE\n                    <jats:sub>BCM<\/jats:sub>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). There was a strong correlation between EE\n                    <jats:sub>IC<\/jats:sub>\n                    and EE\n                    <jats:sub>BCM<\/jats:sub>\n                    in both CON (\n                    <jats:italic>CCC<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.80) and VEST (\n                    <jats:italic>CCC<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.82). Mean bias (95% LoA) between EE\n                    <jats:sub>IC<\/jats:sub>\n                    and EE\n                    <jats:sub>BCM<\/jats:sub>\n                    was \u2212\u20096.7 (-71.5,58.2) J\u00b7kg\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u00b7min\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    (CON) and 3.6 (-50.3,57.6) J\u00b7kg\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u00b7min\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    (VEST). Adults with overweight\/mild obesity demonstrated an increase in EE during treadmill walking with a weighted vest. 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