Abstract
Differences in body composition are associated with increased disease risk in various stages of life. Despite numerous available methods in assessing body composition (air displacement plethysmography, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, bioelectrical impedance, hydrometry, and magnetic resonance imaging), due to innate technical limitations, the ability for one singular method to track body composition over the life span (ie, infancy to adulthood) is challenging and imperfect. The primary goal of this review is to determine if there are body composition methods that can accurately track body composition from infancy into adulthood. After careful consideration and taking into account the best available scientific evidence, we feel air displacement plethysmography is the best instrument at this time for tracking body composition, starting in infancy and forward into adulthood, partly because it is the only "practical" clinical tool currently available for use during infancy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 219-226 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Nutrition in Clinical Practice |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 4 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported in part by the CMRI Metabolic Research Program and the CMRI Chickasaw Nation Endowed Research Chair in Pediatric Diabetes. D.A.F. has received funding in the past for support of research studies supported by CosMed, Inc, formerly known as LMI.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.
Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- absorptiometry
- body composition
- densitometry
- plethysmography
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Nutrition and Dietetics