Body Composition in Children: What Does It Tell Us So Far?

Androutsos, Odysseas; Zampelas, Antonis

doi:10.3390/children9081199

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“…[8][9][10] Body composition has a significant impact on children's well-being and energy requirements. 11 Body composition, in particular body fat, can be an essential aspect of nutritional evaluation in children, as fat is the body's main energy storage form and a strong predictor of nutritional status. Furthermore, LMS reflects the amount of water and protein in the body, whereas bone density reflects the amount of calcium and minerals in the body.…”

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Body composition analysis using dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry in an Egyptian pediatric sickle cell disease cohort

Kaddah,

Ibrahim,

Gamal

et al. 2024

Pediatric Blood & Cancer

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BackgroundGrowth failure is commonly encountered in sickle cell disease (SCD). Tissue compartment growth and development are subsequently likely to be altered in such patients.ObjectiveWe aimed to analyze body composition in an Egyptian pediatric SCD cohort using dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry (DEXA), one of the most comprehensive and noninvasive assessment methods available.MethodsForty children with SCD ≤18 years and 40 healthy youngsters age‐ and gender‐matched were enrolled. Patients’ demographic, clinical, and laboratory parameters were obtained from their archived files. All patients and controls were subjected to body composition assessment using a MedixDR—Whole Body DEXA System.ResultsIn SCD patients; weight and height relative to age Z scores were significantly lower (p < .001), total body lean was significantly higher (p = .006), and total body fat percentage was lower, yet the difference was not statistically significant (p = .09). There were no statistically significant variations in bone mineral density or content, basal metabolic rate, subcutaneous adipose tissue, android/gynoid fat ratio, and visceral adipose tissue. There were no significant gender disparities between SCD patients and controls.ConclusionFaltering growth in children with SCD should be addressed with a multidisciplinary approach including nutritional support, correction of anemia, and proper medical care. Body composition parameters assessed using DEXA were comparable between cases and controls apart from total body lean. Further clinical studies are needed with multicenter cooperation and a larger sample size to assess the usefulness of DEXA as an assessment tool for body composition in children with SCD.

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“…Body composition has a significant impact on children's well‐being and energy requirements 11 . Body composition, in particular body fat, can be an essential aspect of nutritional evaluation in children, as fat is the body's main energy storage form and a strong predictor of nutritional status.…”

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confidence: 99%

Body composition analysis using dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry in an Egyptian pediatric sickle cell disease cohort

Kaddah,

Ibrahim,

Gamal

et al. 2024

Pediatric Blood & Cancer

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Caliperometry as a tool for assessing children's physical development

Plakida,

Vastyanov,

Goroshkov

et al. 2023

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The purpose of the study is to assess the possibility of applying the calliperometric method to assess the physical development of children of primary school age who have chronic diseases in the stage of compensation. The research was carried out during 2017–2022 on the basis of the clinical units of the ONMedU. 120 children of primary school age were examined, including 30 – practically healthy (control group), 30 – from the group of frequently and long-term patients (Group I), 30 – from the number of children with congenital heart defects without signs of heart failure (Group II), and 30 – with signs of alimentary and constitutional obesity (III group). The physical development of children of primary school age was evaluated based on the results of anthroposcopic, anthropometric and physiometric indicators according to national standards of physical development. The assessment of body composition components (fat and lean body mass) was carried out according to Saunders R. in the modification of Velichko V.I., etc. The research was carried out in compliance with modern bioethical requirements, the children's parents signed a voluntary consent for the children's participation in the research. Statistical processing was carried out by methods of variance analysis using MS Excel software. It has been shown that obese primary school-age children have a body fat mass of (18.8±0.8)% for boys and (19.7±0.9)% for girls. In children of primary school age with normal body weight, in the presence of chronic diseases, body fat decreases by (10–15)%. Caliperometric method can be used to assess the physical development of children of primary school age who have chronic diseases in the stage of compensation. Keywords: prevention, primary school age, body weight, assessment of fat deposition, chronic diseases.

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Body Composition in Children: What Does It Tell Us So Far?

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Body composition analysis using dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry in an Egyptian pediatric sickle cell disease cohort

Body composition analysis using dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry in an Egyptian pediatric sickle cell disease cohort

Caliperometry as a tool for assessing children's physical development

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