Diet composition and body composition in preschool children

Diet composition and body composition in preschool children.

BACKGROUND In studies of adult humans and in animal models, dietary intakes of the macronutrients, particularly fat, are related to body composition; however, data on children are more scarce. OBJECTIVE We sought to determine whether diet composition is related to percentage body fat in children aged 1.5-4.5 y. DESIGN In 77 preschool children, a 4-d weighed-food record was used to determine...

Body composition of preschool children and relation to birth weight.

OBJECTIVE to evaluate the relationship between body composition of preschool children suffering from excess weight and birth weight (BW). METHODS probabilistic sample, by conglomerates, with 17 daycare centers (of a total of 59) composing a final sample of 479 children. We used Z-score of Body Mass Index (zBMI) ≥ +1 and ≥ +2, respectively, to identify preschool children with risk of overweigh...

Body composition in children.

Body size and body composition change trends in preschool children over a period of five years.

The study investigated the changes of body size and composition in the sample of 296 preschool urban dwelling children aged 6.5 +/- 0.8 years over a period of five years. Fourteen anthropometric measures were taken. Body mass index (BMI), the sum of skinfolds, the fat percentage and fat-free mass (FFM) were computed. The significant changes in body size and composition over the observed period ...

Body Composition and Fitness in Elite Spanish Children Body Composition and Fitness in Elite Spanish Children

The aims of this study were to describe body composition and physical fitness changes during a wholeseason in elite children tennis players. A total of 7 elite children tennis players participated in the study. Whole body composition by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and physical fitness were assessed during a season. Subjects increased lean and bone percentage, and decreased abdominal ...