Body Composition Measurements from Birth through 5 Years: Challenges, Gaps, and Existing & Emerging Technologies—A National Institutes of Health workshop
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Body composition estimates are widely used in clinical research and field studies as measures of energy-nutrient balance, functionality and health. Despite their broad relevance and multiple applications, important gaps remain in techniques available for accurately and precisely quantifying body composition in infants and children from birth through 5 years. Identifying these gaps and highlighting research needs in this age group were the topics of a National Institutes of Health workshop held in Bethesda, MD, USA, 30-31 May 2019. Experts reviewed available methods (multicompartment models, air-displacement plethysmography, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, weight-length and height indices, bioimpedance analysis, anthropometry-skinfold techniques, quantitative magnetic resonance, optical imaging, omics and D3-creatine dilution), their limitations in this age range and high priority research needs. A summary of their individual and collective workshop deliberations is provided in this report.
Source: Obesity Reviews
DOI: 10.1111/obr.13033
Institutions: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, University of California, Berkeley, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Northwestern University, University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine, Harvard University, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Cancer Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W3016318533