Richard Martin, Avroy Fanaroff and Michele Walsh, Editors, Fanaroff and Martin's Neonatal–Perinatal Medicine, Diseases of the Fetus and Infant (eighth ed.), Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia (2006)

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• 作者：Sunil Sinha
• 关键词：⁴⁰K ; Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) ; Body composition ; Bone mineral ; Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) ; Fat mass ; Fat-free mass ; PEA POD
• 刊名：Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
• 出版年：2007
• 出版时间：February 2007
• 年：2007
• 卷：12
• 期：1
• 页码：94
• 全文大小：70 K

文摘

A better understanding of the nutritional needs of both healthy and sick infants is important. Not only does too much or too little nutrition during early life have long-term effects on health, but periods of rapid growth during the first year of life also have long-term consequences. Knowledge of the changes in body composition in early life can help to better define nutritional needs at these ages. Several methods are available for measuring body composition of neonates and infants. Most focus on an assessment of either body fatness or bone mineralization; only a few can monitor the quality of the non-fat lean tissues. This paper provides an evaluation of the different approaches currently available to monitor infant body composition, identifying both their strengths and limitations.