In order to evaluate growth, it is fundamental to assess body composition that is a valuable tool nutritional status in health and disease. The available tools for quantifying body composition in pediatrics are well developed and useful. To know the peculiarity of different measurements is fundamental to select the appropriate methods for specific body component evaluation and to develop practical recommendations about how best tosses adiposity change during childhood, underlying that children are not simply little adults.

To measure growth-pediatrician's dilemma

Pietrobelli, Angelo
;
Antoniazzi, Franco
2021-01-01

Abstract

In order to evaluate growth, it is fundamental to assess body composition that is a valuable tool nutritional status in health and disease. The available tools for quantifying body composition in pediatrics are well developed and useful. To know the peculiarity of different measurements is fundamental to select the appropriate methods for specific body component evaluation and to develop practical recommendations about how best tosses adiposity change during childhood, underlying that children are not simply little adults.
2021
growth, overweight, obesity, body composition
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