“…Nutritional well-being of post-HSCT patients has been measured relatively simply as body mass index (BMI), using height and weight, as muscle mass and fat tissue using mid-arm circumference and skinfold triceps measurements (Muscaritoli, Grieco, Capria, Iori, & Fanelli, 2002), or with bioelectrical impedance (Jaime-Pérez et al, 2013) or whole body dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (Kyle et al, 2005). Among adults in two studies, significant weight loss of 12 kilograms occurred between transplant and engraftment (Jaime-Pérez et al, 2013), and significant lean BMI loss of 1.0 kg/m2 and a body fat mass loss of 1.2 kg/m2 occurred over 6 months that was not regained by one-year post HCST (Kyle et al, 2005), respectively. Children and adolescents experienced significant declines in weight, skinfold triceps, and mid-arm circumference measurements from baseline to 4 months post-HSCT, illustrating a significant loss of muscle mass and fat tissue (Rodgers et al, 2008).…”