Body composition in infants: Evidence for developmental programming and techniques for measurement

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-101

  Wells, Jonathan C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body composition; Developmental plasticity; Growth; Nutrition transition

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITION; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; METABOLIC CAPACITY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84861226949     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: 15732606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-012-9213-9     Document Type: Review

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