Challenges in infant body composition

Demerath, Ellen W.; Fields, David A.

doi:10.1038/pr.2012.78

Cited by 4 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 5 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The PEA POD device cannot accommodate infants weighing >10 kg (infants approximately > 6 months of age with body volume of >1.85 L) [27]. In addition, the BOD POD Pediatric Option for the measurement of body composition in children is validated in children aged 2e6 years only [28], and has several practical limitations for children <2 years of age [29]. Therefore, the body composition at the age of 1 year was not assessed, which is an important limitation.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Long-term effects of a modified, low-protein infant formula on growth and body composition: Follow-up of a randomized, double-blind, equivalence trial

Kouwenhoven

Antl²,

Finken

et al. 2021

Clinical Nutrition

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Long-term effects of a modified, low-protein infant formula on growth and body composition: Follow-up of a randomized, double-blind, equivalence trial

Kouwenhoven

Antl²,

Finken

et al. 2021

Clinical Nutrition

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…For example, our results motivate attempts to include body composition assessment by means of ADP in obesity prevention programs for young children. It is important to realize that such assessments must be properly carried out and that behavioral issues are likely to be a limiting factor in infants and in some young children [15]. Nevertheless, most 4-year-olds accepted the requirements of ADP and therefore this technique can certainly be applied in a large number of young children.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Total Body Fat Content versus BMI in 4-Year-Old Healthy Swedish Children

et al. 2013

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Childhood overweight and obesity, a worldwide problem, is generally identified using BMI (body mass index). However, this application of BMI has been little investigated in children below 5 years of age due to a lack of appropriate methods to assess body composition. Therefore, we used air displacement plethysmography (ADP) to study 4.4-year old boys and girls since this method is accurate in young children if they accept the requirements of the measurement. The purpose was to analyze the relationship between BMI and body fat in these children. Body composition was assessed in 76 (43 boys, 33 girls) of the 84 children brought to the measurement session. Boys and girls contained 25.2 ± 4.7 and 26.8 ± 4.0% body fat, respectively. BMI-based cut-offs for overweight could not effectively identify children with a high body fat content. There was a significant (P < 0.001) but weak (r = 0.39) correlation between BMI and body fat (%). In conclusion, requirements associated with a successful assessment of body composition by means of ADP were accepted by most 4-year-olds. Furthermore, BMI-based cut-offs for overweight did not effectively identify children with a high body fatness and BMI explained only a small proportion of the variation in body fat (%) in this age group.

show abstract

“…This point is significant given Fields and Allison 19 found crying resulted in a 7% fat unit difference between the methods (ie, underestimation in % fat). The reader is directed to editorials enumerating further the differences between the different study findings 40 , 41 . This debate highlights the challenges facing clinicians in measuring body composition in children.…”

Section: Adp In Childhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The reader is directed to editorials enumerating further the differences between the different study findings. 40,41 This debate highlights the challenges facing clinicians in measuring body composition in children. On one hand, the most rigorous methods are desired, tempered with high compliance or minimal subject participation on the other.…”

Section: Adp In Childhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Air Displacement Plethysmography

2015

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Differences in body composition are associated with increased disease risk in various stages of life. Despite numerous available methods in assessing body composition (air displacement plethysmography, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, bioelectrical impedance, hydrometry, and magnetic resonance imaging), due to innate technical limitations, the ability for one singular method to track body composition over the life span (ie, infancy to adulthood) is challenging and imperfect. The primary goal of this review is to determine if there are body composition methods that can accurately track body composition from infancy into adulthood. After careful consideration and taking into account the best available scientific evidence, we feel air displacement plethysmography is the best instrument at this time for tracking body composition, starting in infancy and forward into adulthood, partly because it is the only "practical" clinical tool currently available for use during infancy.

show abstract

Challenges in infant body composition

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Long-term effects of a modified, low-protein infant formula on growth and body composition: Follow-up of a randomized, double-blind, equivalence trial

Long-term effects of a modified, low-protein infant formula on growth and body composition: Follow-up of a randomized, double-blind, equivalence trial

Total Body Fat Content versus BMI in 4-Year-Old Healthy Swedish Children

Air Displacement Plethysmography

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About