SynthesisBMC pediatrics2019
Neonatal body composition by air displacement plethysmography in healthy term singletons: a systematic review.
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- Predictive models of newborn body composition: a systematic review.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2023Pooled it
- Relationship between paternal excessive weight and neonatal anthropometry in a clinical trial of nutritional counseling for pregnant women with overweight.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2024Trial
- The effects of a lifestyle intervention (the HealthyMoms app) during pregnancy on infant body composition: Secondary outcome analysis from a randomized controlled trial.Pediatric obesity · 2022Trial
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- Predicting total body water in infants aged 0.5-24 months and the implications for measuring breast milk intake: a secondary analysis of isotope dilution data.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Article
- Maternal dietary patterns as predictors of neonatal body composition in Ethiopia: the IABC birth cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Anthropometric prediction models of body composition in 3 to 24month old infants: a multicenter international study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Observational
- Childhood Obesity and Its Comorbidities in High-Risk Minority Populations: Prevalence, Prevention and Lifestyle Intervention Guidelines.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Maternal asthma in relation to infant size and body composition.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2023Article
- Body composition in term neonates of mothers with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.Pediatric research · 2023Article
- Perinatal and postnatal exposure to phthalates and early neurodevelopment at 6 months in healthy infants born at term.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Birthweight z-score and fat-free mass at birth predict body composition at 3 years in Danish children born from obese mothers.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2022Observational
- Anthropometric models to estimate fat mass at 3 days, 15 and 54 weeks.Pediatric obesity · 2022Article
- Weight/length ratio references and newborn body composition estimation at birth from a Brazilian cohort.Jornal de pediatriaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThere is increasing evidence that intrauterine environment and, consequently, growth in utero have both immediate and far-reaching consequences for health. Neonatal body composition might be a more sensitive marker of intrauterine environment and neonatal adiposity than birth weight and could serve as a predictor for non-communicable diseases later in life.
methodsTo perform a systematic literature review on neonatal body composition determined by air displacement plethysmography in healthy infants. The systematic review was performed using the search terms "air displacement plethysmography", "infant" and "newborn" in Pubmed. Data are displayed as mean (Standard deviation).
resultsFourteen studies (including n = 6231 infants) using air displacement plethysmography fulfilled inclusion criteria for meta-analysis. In these, weighted mean body fat percentage was 10.0 (4.1) % and weighted mean fat free mass was 2883 (356) g in healthy term infants. Female infants had a higher body fat percentage (11.1 (4.1) % vs. 9.6 (4.0) %) and lower fat free mass (2827 (316) g vs. 2979 (344) g). In the Caucasian subpopulation (n = 2202 infants) mean body fat percentage was 10.8 (4.1), whereas data for reference values of other ethnic groups are still sparse.
conclusionsBody composition varies depending on gender and ethnicity. These aggregated data may serve as reference for body composition in healthy, term, singletons at least for the Caucasian subpopulation.
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