ReviewEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2015
Body composition during fetal development and infancy through the age of 5 years.
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72 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 115 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Effect of a physical activity and healthy eating lifestyle intervention in pregnancy on fetal growth trajectories: The DALI randomised controlled trial.Pediatric obesity · 2025Trial
- Infant body composition in a randomised trial of a maternal nutritional supplement during preconception and pregnancy.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2025Trial
- Physical activity and individual plasma phospholipid SFAs in pregnancy: a longitudinal study in a multiracial/multiethnic cohort in the United States.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Trial
- Associations of body composition and physical fitness with gestational diabetes and cardiovascular health in pregnancy: Results from the HealthyMoms trial.Nutrition & diabetes · 2021Trial
- Influence of Prenatal Aerobic Exercise on Fetal Morphometry.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Trial
- 'Ripple' effect on infant zBMI trajectory of an internet-based weight loss program for low-income postpartum women.Pediatric obesity · 2019Trial
- Greater Neonatal Fat-Free Mass and Similar Fat Mass Following a Randomized Trial to Control Excess Gestational Weight Gain.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2018Trial
- Beyond Deterministic Fetal Programming: Intrauterine Exposures and the Multifactorial Origins of Adiposity.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Review
- Prenatal Exposure to Mixtures of Nonpersistent Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Angiogenic Biomarkers, Placental Function, and Fetal Growth.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Overview of research and practice progress in body composition measurement techniques.Frontiers in medical technology · 2026Review
- Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling to Support Pediatric Clinical Development: An IQ Working Group Perspective on the Current Status and Challenges.CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology · 2026Review
- Pharmacokinetics and Childhood Obesity: Pathophysiological Basis and Challenges in Choosing the Ideal Body Size Descriptor.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Maternal parity modifies the association of birthweight polygenic score with fetal growth.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Maternal allostatic load in pregnancy is prospectively associated with child adiposity and metabolic function across infancy and early childhood.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2025Article
- BMI profiling for monogenic obesity testing.The Lancet. Child & adolescent health · 2025Article
- Maternal dietary patterns as predictors of neonatal body composition in Ethiopia: the IABC birth cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Associations between gestational exposure to neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation and early childhood weight status.Pediatric obesity · 2025Article
- Advancements in research on fluid overload in preterm infants-a narrative review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Review
- Drug Safety During Breastfeeding: A Comparative Analysis of FDA Adverse Event Reports and LactMedPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Fetal body composition is an important determinant of body composition at birth, and it is likely to be an important determinant at later stages in life. The purpose of this work is to provide a comprehensive overview by presenting data from previously published studies that report on body composition during fetal development in newborns and the infant/child through 5 years of age. Understanding the changes in body composition that occur both in utero and during infancy and childhood, and how they may be related, may help inform evidence-based practice during pregnancy and childhood. We describe body composition measurement techniques from the in utero period to 5 years of age, and identify gaps in knowledge to direct future research efforts. Available literature on chemical and cadaver analyses of fetal studies during gestation is presented to show the timing and accretion rates of adipose and lean tissues. Quantitative and qualitative aspects of fetal lean and fat mass accretion could be especially useful in the clinical setting for diagnostic purposes. The practicality of different pediatric body composition measurement methods in the clinical setting is discussed by presenting the assumptions and limitations associated with each method that may assist the clinician in characterizing the health and nutritional status of the fetus, infant and child. It is our hope that this review will help guide future research efforts directed at increasing the understanding of how body composition in early development may be associated with chronic diseases in later life.
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