Body composition from birth to 6 mo of age in Ethiopian infants: reference...
A new peer-reviewed article published on the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reporting a research study on body composition in a cohort of Ethiopian infants.The aim of the study was to develop...
View ArticleIs body fat percentage a better measure of undernutrition in newborns than...
A new study published on the prestigious Pediatric Research Journal shows that infant morbidity can be predicted more accurately from %fat vs. birth weight.The objective of this study (carried out by...
View ArticleExploratory study of the relationship of fat-free mass to speed of brain...
A new study by the University of Minnesota shows a link in preterm infants between fat free mass (FFM) and neural development, with higher FFM resulting in better neural developmentThe objective of...
View ArticleIAEA Human Health Series: Body Composition Assessment from Birth to Two Years...
The IAEA (International Atommic Energy Agency) published a study reviewing body composition assessment techniques from birth to 2 years of age.This publication was developed by an international group...
View ArticleAir Displacement Plethysmography: Cradle to Grave
A new scientific review paper, published in ASPEN Nutrition in Clinical Practice Journal, tries to find a singular body composition tool that is valid, reliable, precise, and easy to administer across...
View ArticleNeonatal Body Composition: Measuring Lean Mass as a Tool to Guide Nutrition...
A new literary review on neonatal body composition appeared on ASPEN Nutrition in Clinical Practice Journal.The aim of this review is to summarize what is currently known about neonatal body...
View ArticleBody composition in late preterm infants according to percentile at birth
A new study investigating body composition of preterm infants measured with Air Displacement Plethysmography (ADP) has been published on the prestigious nature.com Pediatric Research journal. The...
View ArticleBody fat differences by self-reported race/ethnicity in healthy term newborns
The role of race in infant body composition has been investigated in a study published in the Pediatric Obesity journal.This study aimed to assess whether ethnic differences in body fat are present at...
View ArticleMaternal and Fetal Determinants of Neonatal Body Composition
New study has been published investigating the importance of neonatal body composition as it can influence the development of obesity during childhood and beyondThe aim of the study was to demostrate...
View ArticleResting energy expenditure, macronutrient utilization, and body composition...
This study published in the Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, investigates metabolic changes and nutritional needs during the postsurgical anabolic phase in infantsThis analysis explores the...
View ArticleOptimising preterm nutrition: present and future
A study published in the Proceedings of the Nutrition Society investigtes the current findings on the management of neonatal nutrition in the preterm infant.The present paper provides a review of the...
View ArticleRole of Pregnancy Body Composition Changes on Pregnancy Outcome, and Infant...
Body composition of pregnant women and its influence on infant body composition has been analysed in this scientific paper on the FASEB Journal.This project evaluated the relationship between...
View ArticleEarly Infant Feeding and Body Composition In Pre-School Children
A new study on the International Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health examines the association between early infant feeding and childhood adiposity.The objective for this study was to assess the...
View ArticleDiabetes in pregnancy and infant adiposity: systematic review and meta-analysis
This systematic review and meta-analysis published on the BMJ Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal edition to compare adiposity in infants of diabetic mothers (IDM) and infants of...
View ArticleAnalysis of the body composition of Paralympic athletes: Comparison of two...
The ECSS Journal (EJSS, European Journal of Sport Science) published a new article examining the best methods to measure body composition on paralympic athletes.The study objectives were to describe...
View ArticlePreterm infant body composition cannot be accurately determined by weight and...
A new study determines, using ADP as a validation method, whether any of the anthropometric indices used historically or currently accurately predict body composition in infants.Body composition is a...
View ArticleEstimating fat mass in heart failure patients
New research from the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin presents an explorative, single-centre, observational, study assessing body composition (BC) in heart failure (HF) patients using a...
View ArticleNew body composition reference charts for preterm infants
An extremely important study has been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition providing body composition reference curves for preterm infants.The objective of this study was to create...
View ArticleBody Composition Trajectories From Infancy to Preschool in Children Born...
The Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition hosts a study analyzing the body composition trajectories from birth to preschool age.The aim of the study was to longitudinally characterize...
View ArticleDiabetes in pregnancy and infant adiposity: systematic review and meta-analysis
A new systematic review on the relationship between maternal diabetes in pregnancy and offspring adiposity was published in the ADC Fetal % Neonatal Journal.The aim of the study was provide a...
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