The association of intrauterine and postnatal growth patterns and nutritional status with toddler body composition.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Growth patterns may be indicative of underlying changes in body composition. However, few studies have assessed the association of growth and body composition in poorly resourced regions experiencing the double-burden of malnutrition exists. Thus, the aims of this study were to investigate the association of intrauterine and postnatal growth patterns with infant body composition at 2 years in a middle-income country.

Methods

Participants were from the International Atomic Energy Agency Multicentre Body Composition Reference study. Fat mass (FM), fat free mass (FFM), Fat mass index (FMI), fat free mass index (FFMI), and percentage fat mass (%FM) were measured in 113 infants (56 boys and 57 girls), from Soweto, South Africa, using deuterium dilution from 3 to 24 mon

SUBMITTER: Masiakwala E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10324124 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature