Body Composition Measurements from Birth through 5 Years: Challenges, Gaps, and Existing & Emerging Technologies—A National Institutes of Health workshop
Open Access
- 20 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Obesity Reviews
- Vol. 21 (8), e13033
- https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13033
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.This publication has 64 references indexed in Scilit:
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