Body composition measurements in paediatrics – a review. Part 1

Body composition measurements

Accurate assessment of body composition is important in obesity and in many areas of nutrition-related research. The foundation of the development of body composition analysis has been the two-compartment model, dividing body mass into fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM). A range of techniques are available. Some of them are producing very accurate data, so called “gold standard” or reference...

Paediatrics--Part II.

Does body composition play a role in predicting sports injuries? A systematic review

Introduction: This study aimed to review the literature on the role of body composition as arisk factor for injury in an athletic population.Materials and Methods: We searched articles in English in Google Scholar Science direct,PubMed, WOS, Scopus, ProQuest, and Cochrane Library databases without time limit until2020 using keywords rela...

Reviews in Medicine Paediatrics - Part II

Body composition measurements for nutrition research.

INTRODUCTION: THE BASIS OF MEASUREMENTS ‘A proper evaluation of the individual living body and its functional characteristics is not possible from the simple classification system of the butcher.. . ’. With these remarks Keys & Brozek (1 953) dismissed the contributions of anatomists to body composition measurements and introduced the concepts that still sustain modern investigators in this fie...