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 composition and the use of body composition as a measure for adequate neonatal nutrition. The study concludes that neonatal body composition is an important aspect when evaluating neonatal growth and...
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 the life span. 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. The review, undertaken...
A new study from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill validates the BOD POD for measuring body composition in overweight and obese women. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of air displacement plethysmography (ADP) for body composition measurement in overweight and obese women (BMI ≥ 25·0 kg m2). The study concludes that "for overweight and obese...
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 of experts as an integral part of the IAEA’s contribution to the transfer of technology and capacity building in this field to assist its Member States in their efforts to improve the nutrition...
A new scientific study appeared on the Pediatric Research Journal confirming the validity and reliability of ADP measurements with the PEA POD on healthy newly born preterm infants. The aim of this study is to provide the first descriptive fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM) data from healthy newborn preterm infants at birth as a proxy for healthy in utero body composition. Body mass and...
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