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Body compartment changes in sick children.

P B Pencharz1, N Vaisman, M Azcue

  • 1Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.

Basic Life Sciences
|January 1, 1990
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Body composition changes significantly in children during dieting, refeeding, and after renal transplantation. Simple measurements like skinfolds are useful for body fat, but advanced methods are needed to assess intracellular composition and nutrient content.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Nutrition
  • Renal Transplantation
  • Body Composition Analysis

Background:

  • Dieting and refeeding in children cause significant body composition alterations.
  • Renal transplantation aims to restore homeostasis but is complicated by drug therapies, impacting body composition.
  • Changes in body weight can predict some body composition shifts, but not all.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate changes in body composition in children undergoing dietary interventions and renal transplantation.
  • To evaluate the accuracy of simple anthropometric measurements for assessing body composition.
  • To explore the limitations of current methods in assessing intracellular nutrient composition.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized four skinfold measurements for body fat estimation.

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  • Assessed fat-free body mass through standard measurements.
  • Considered total body nitrogen measurements for protein and potassium content, acknowledging radiation concerns.

    • Main Results:

    • Simple skinfold measurements are accurate for body fat, except in extreme obesity.
    • Fat-free body mass measurements are informative but do not differentiate between body cell mass and extracellular mass.
    • Total body nitrogen measurements provide crucial intracellular composition data but are limited by radiation exposure.

    Conclusions:

    • Body composition analysis is critical in pediatric nutrition and post-transplant care.
    • While simple methods offer insights, advanced techniques are necessary for comprehensive body composition assessment.
    • Ethical considerations and radiation exposure must be balanced when employing methods like total body nitrogen measurements for monitoring patient well-being.