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Yumani DFJ, de Jongh D, Ket JCF, Lafeber HN, van Weissenbruch MM. Body composition in preterm infants: a systematic review on measurement methods. Pediatr Res 2023; 93:1120-1140. [PMID: 35995939 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-022-02262-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND There are several methods to measure body composition in preterm infants. Yet, there is no agreement on which method should be preferred. METHODS PubMed, Embase.com, Wiley/Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar were searched for studies that reported on the predictive value or validity of body composition measurements in preterms, up to 6 months corrected age. RESULTS Nineteen out of 1884 identified studies were included. Predictive equations based on weight and length indices, body area circumferences, skinfold thickness, bioelectrical impedance, and ultrasound did not show agreement with body composition measured with air displacement plethysmography (ADP), dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or isotope dilution. ADP agreed well with fat mass density measured by isotope dilution (bias -0.002 g/ml, limits of agreement ±0.012 g/ml, n = 14). Fat mass percentage measured with ADP did not agree well with fat mass percentage measured by isotope dilution (limits of agreement up to ±5.8%) and the bias between measurements was up to 2.2%. DXA, MRI, and isotope dilution were not compared to another reference method in preterms. CONCLUSIONS DXA, ADP, and isotope dilution methods are considered trustworthy validated techniques. Nevertheless, this review showed that these methods may not yield comparable results. IMPACT Based on validation studies that were conducted in a limited number of study subjects, weight and length indices, body area circumferences, skinfold thickness, bioelectrical impedance, and ultrasound seem to be a poor representation of body composition in preterm infants. DXA, ADP, and isotope dilution methods are considered trustworthy and validated techniques. Nevertheless, these methods may not yield comparable results.
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- Dana F J Yumani
- Department of Pediatrics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Faculty of Science, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Faculty of Medical Ethics and Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Adipose Tissue Development Relies on Coordinated Extracellular Matrix Remodeling, Angiogenesis, and Adipogenesis. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10092227. [PMID: 36140327 PMCID: PMC9496222 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10092227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Despite developing prenatally, the adipose tissue is unique in its ability to undergo drastic growth even after reaching its mature size. This development and subsequent maintenance rely on the proper coordination between the vascular niche and the adipose compartment. In this review, the process of adipose tissue development is broken down to explain (1) the ultrastructural matrix remodeling that is undertaken during simultaneous adipogenesis and angiogenesis, (2) the paracrine crosstalk involved during adipose development, (3) the mechanical regulators involved in adipose growth, and (4) the proteolytic and paracrine oversight for matrix remodeling during adipose development. It is crucial to gain a better understanding of the complex relationships that exist between adipose tissue and the vasculature during tissue development to provide insights into the pathological tissue expansion of obesity and to develop improved soft-tissue reconstruction techniques.
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Uthaya S, Jeffries S, Andrzejewska I, Vasu V, Embleton ND, Modi N. Randomised controlled trial of human derived breast milk fortifier versus bovine milk fortifier on body composition in very preterm babies. Early Hum Dev 2022; 171:105619. [PMID: 35809401 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Preterm infants receiving a diet of exclusive human milk compared to predominantly preterm formula have lower weight and non-adipose tissue mass by term. Human milk fortification is recommended. However, it is not known if the protein source affects body composition. AIMS To compare the effect of an exclusive human milk based diet (intervention) with a diet containing cow milk products (control) on body composition. PARTICIPANTS Infants born below 30 weeks gestation. STUDY DESIGN Randomised multicentre, open label, controlled trial. Infants preferentially received their own mother's milk. Infants were randomised to either an exclusive human milk diet (human milk formula to make up a shortfall in own mother's milk and human milk derived fortifier) or cow milk-based supplementation (preterm formula to make up a shortfall in own mother's milk and cow milk-based fortifier). Fortification began at an enteral intake of 150 ml/kg/day. Infants underwent whole-body magnetic resonance imaging at term. PRIMARY OUTCOME Body composition (adipose tissue (ATM) and non-adipose tissue mass (N-ATM)) at term. RESULTS We randomly assigned 38 infants to intervention (n = 19) and control arms (n = 19). Primary outcomes were analysed in 15 infants in the intervention arm and 12 in the control arm. The estimates of the effect of the intervention following adjustment for length and sex, were non-significant (ATM (kg): 0.137, 95 % confidence interval (CI) -0.01, 0.29; N-ATM: -0.137; -0.01, 0.29). CONCLUSIONS We identified no clinically relevant differences in body composition in preterm babies <30 weeks gestation receiving a macronutrient-equivalent exclusive human milk diet compared with a diet containing cow milk products.
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- Sabita Uthaya
- Neonatal Medicine, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.
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- Neonatal Medicine, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
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- Neonatal Medicine, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
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- William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, United Kingdom.
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
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- Neonatal Medicine, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.
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Causative Mechanisms of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Leading to Adult Cardiometabolic Disease: A Literature Review. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app112311565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The past few decades have shown a worrisome increase in the prevalence of obesity and its related illnesses. This increasing burden has a noteworthy impact on overall worldwide mortality and morbidity, with significant economic implications as well. The same trend is apparent regarding pediatric obesity. This is a particularly concerning aspect when considering the well-established link between cardiovascular disease and obesity, and the fact that childhood obesity frequently leads to adult obesity. Moreover, most obese adults have a history of excess weight starting in childhood. In addition, given the cumulative character of both time and severity of exposure to obesity as a risk factor for associated diseases, the repercussions of obesity prevalence and related morbidity could be exponential in time. The purpose of this review is to outline key aspects regarding the current knowledge on childhood and adolescent obesity as a cardiometabolic risk factor, as well as the most common etiological pathways involved in the development of weight excess and associated cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.
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The mysterious values of adipose tissue density and fat content in infants: MRI-measured body composition studies. Pediatr Res 2021; 90:963-965. [PMID: 33504969 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01376-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 12/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Adipose tissue is a type of connective tissue composed of closely packed adipocytes with collagenous and elastic fibers. These adipocytes store triglycerides at a high percentage and the estimate of this amount is important for the calculation of body fat mass. For example, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures adipose tissue volume, but adipose tissue density (fat content percentage and density) is required to calculate fat mass. However, in previously published studies, the conversion factor for white adipose tissue density varies from study to study. This paper aimed to investigate the different adipose tissue densities used as conversion factors to clarify differences between studies. Furthermore, we include a new proposal for adipose tissue density and fat content of infants based on the results of recent water-fat MRI studies. IMPACT: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of the methods used to measure body composition in infants and the inherent density of tissue/organs is needed in order to calculate the mass of target organs and tissues. The conversion factor used for white adipose tissue density currently varies from study to study. This article includes a new recommendation for the adipose tissue density and fat content of infants based on the results of recent water-fat MRI studies.
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Association of increased abdominal adiposity at birth with altered ventral caudate microstructure. Int J Obes (Lond) 2021; 45:2396-2403. [PMID: 34282269 DOI: 10.1038/s41366-021-00905-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Neonatal adiposity is associated with a higher risk of obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors in later life. It is however unknown if central food intake regulating networks in the ventral striatum are altered with in-utero abdominal growth, indexed by neonatal adiposity in our current study. We aim to examine the relationship between striatal microstructure and abdominal adipose tissue compartments (AATCs) in Asian neonates from the Growing Up in Singapore Toward healthy Outcomes mother-offspring cohort. STUDY DESIGN About 109 neonates were included in this study. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed for the brain and abdominal regions between 5 to 17 days of life. Diffusion-weighted imaging of the brain was performed for the derivation of caudate and putamen fractional anisotropy (FA). Abdominal imaging was performed to quantify AATCs namely superficial subcutaneous adipose tissue (sSAT), deep subcutaneous adipose tissue (dSAT), and internal adipose tissue (IAT). Absolute and percentage adipose tissue of total abdominal volume (TAV) were calculated. RESULTS We showed that AATCs at birth were significantly associated with increased FA in bilateral ventral caudate heads which are part of the ventral striatum (sSAT: βleft = 0.56, p < 0.001; βright = 0.65, p < 0.001, dSAT: βleft = 0.43, p < 0.001; βright = 0.52, p < 0.001, IAT: βleft = 0.30, p = 0.005; βright = 0.32, p = 0.002) in neonates with low birth weights adjusted for gestational age. CONCLUSIONS Our study provides preliminary evidence of a potential relationship between neonatal adiposity and in-utero programming of the ventral striatum, a brain structure that governs feeding behavior.
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Li Y, Liu X, Modi N, Uthaya S. Impact of breast milk intake on body composition at term in very preterm babies: secondary analysis of the Nutritional Evaluation and Optimisation in Neonates randomised controlled trial. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2019; 104:F306-F312. [PMID: 30007939 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-314625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2017] [Revised: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of breast milk (BM) intake on body composition at term in very preterm infants. DESIGN Preplanned secondary analysis of the Nutritional Evaluation and Optimisation in Neonates Study, a 2-by-2 factorial randomised controlled trial of preterm parenteral nutrition (PN). SETTING Four National Health Service hospitals in London and South-East England. PATIENTS Infants born at <31 weeks of gestation; infants with life-threatening congenital abnormalities and those unable to receive trial PN within 24 hours of birth were ineligible. 133 infants survived and underwent whole-body MRI at term (37-44 weeks postmenstrual age). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Non-adipose tissue mass (non-ATM), ATM and ATM as a percentage of body weight (% ATM) at term. RESULTS Compared with the exclusively BM group (proportion of BM=100% milk, n=56), predominantly formula-fed infants (BM ≤50%, n=38) weighed 283.6 g (95% CI 121.6 to 445.6) more, had 257.4 g (139.1-375.7) more non-ATM and a greater positive weight Z-score change between birth and term. There were no significant differences in weight, non-ATM and weight Z-score change between the exclusively and predominantly BM (BM 51%-99%, n=39) groups. Compared with the exclusively BM group no significant differences were observed in ATM and %ATM in the predominantly BM and predominantly formula-fed groups. CONCLUSIONS The slower weight gain of preterm infants fed BM appears to be due to a deficit in non-ATM and may reflect lower protein intake. Whether this pattern persists into childhood, is altered by BM fortification or later diet, or relates to functional outcomes, are important research questions. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION ISRCTN29665319, post results.
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- Yangmei Li
- Policy Research Unit in Maternal Health and Care, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Neonatal Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, UK.,Section of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Neonatal Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, UK.,Section of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Measuring body composition in the preterm infant: Evidence base and practicalities. Clin Nutr 2019; 38:2521-2530. [PMID: 30737045 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.12.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Revised: 12/08/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Preterm birth and body composition have demonstrable effects on growth and later health outcomes. Preterm infants reach term equivalent age with a lower proportion of lean mass and higher body fat percentage than their term equivalent counterparts. Weight and length do not give an accurate assessment of body composition. Tracking body composition rather than just weight is a fundamental part of improving nutritional outcomes. This is important given the ongoing controversies regarding the nutritional needs of preterm infants, as well as establishing suitable targets for their growth. In this review we describe current methodologies used in the measurement of body composition of the preterm infant and the review the recent published evidence for their accuracy and utility. Current measurement techniques employed include air displacement plethysmography, bioelectrical impedance analysis, isotope dilution techniques, MRI and a combination of manual measurements including skinfold thickness, body mass index and mid upper arm/mid-thigh circumference. These measures allow for the estimation of fat mass, fat-free mass and regional assessment of adiposity. Some methods, such as dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and air displacement plethysmography do allow for comparison of change in body composition over time in cohorts of preterm infants that may be studied over a longer period of time and into adult life. However, none of the currently described methods give an accurate and practically achievable method of obtaining body composition measures in preterm infants in day to day routine clinical practise, although this remains a key priority when decisions are being made about how best to feed.
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Dinkel D, Hanson C, Koehler K, Berry AA, Kyvelidou A, Bice M, Wallen J, Bagenda D, Jana L, Pressler J. An overview of assessment methodology for obesity-related variables in infants at risk. Nutr Health 2018; 24:47-59. [PMID: 28944717 DOI: 10.1177/0260106017732268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND The first 2 years of a child's life are a particularly critical time period for obesity prevention. AIM An increasing amount of research across the world is aimed at understanding factors that impact early childhood obesity and developing interventions that target these factors effectively. With this growing interest, new and interdisciplinary research teams are developing to meet this research need. Due to rapid growth velocity during this phase of the lifespan, typical assessments used in older populations may not be valid or applicable in infants, and investigators need to be aware of the pros and cons of specific methodological strategies. METHODS This paper provides an overview of methodology available to assess obesity-related factors in the areas of anthropometry and body composition, nutrient intake, and energy expenditure in infants aged 0-2 years. RESULTS Gold standard measures for body composition, such as dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) or other imaging techniques, are costly, require highly trained personnel, and are limited for research application. Nutrient intake methodology primarily includes surveys and questionnaires completed via parent proxy report. In terms of energy expenditure, methods of calorimetry are expensive and may not differentiate between different activities. Questionnaires or physical activity sensors offer another way of energy expenditure assessment. However, questionnaires have a certain recall bias, while the sensors require further validation. CONCLUSIONS Overall, in addition to understanding the pros and cons of each assessment tool, researchers should take into consideration the experience of the interdisciplinary team of investigators, as well as the cost and availability of measures at their institution.
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- Danae Dinkel
- 1 School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
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- 2 Medical Nutrition Education, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
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- 3 Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
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- 4 Division of Newborn Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, USA
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- 6 Department of Kinesiology and Sport Sciences, University of Nebraska Kearney, USA
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- 7 Department of Growth and Development, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
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- 8 Department of Anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
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- 9 College of Health and Human Development, Penn State University, USA
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- 10 College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
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Qasim A, Turcotte M, de Souza RJ, Samaan MC, Champredon D, Dushoff J, Speakman JR, Meyre D. On the origin of obesity: identifying the biological, environmental and cultural drivers of genetic risk among human populations. Obes Rev 2018; 19:121-149. [PMID: 29144594 DOI: 10.1111/obr.12625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Revised: 08/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Genetic predisposition to obesity presents a paradox: how do genetic variants with a detrimental impact on human health persist through evolutionary time? Numerous hypotheses, such as the thrifty genotype hypothesis, attempt to explain this phenomenon yet fail to provide a justification for the modern obesity epidemic. In this critical review, we appraise existing theories explaining the evolutionary origins of obesity and explore novel biological and sociocultural agents of evolutionary change to help explain the modern-day distribution of obesity-predisposing variants. Genetic drift, acting as a form of 'blind justice,' may randomly affect allele frequencies across generations while gene pleiotropy and adaptations to diverse environments may explain the rise and subsequent selection of obesity risk alleles. As an adaptive response, epigenetic regulation of gene expression may impact the manifestation of genetic predisposition to obesity. Finally, exposure to malnutrition and disease epidemics in the wake of oppressive social systems, culturally mediated notions of attractiveness and desirability, and diverse mating systems may play a role in shaping the human genome. As an important first step towards the identification of important drivers of obesity gene evolution, this review may inform empirical research focused on testing evolutionary theories by way of population genetics and mathematical modelling.
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- A Qasim
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Agent-Based Modelling Laboratory, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.,State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Binder C, Longford N, Gale C, Modi N, Uthaya S. Body Composition following Necrotising Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants. Neonatology 2018; 113:242-248. [PMID: 29393261 DOI: 10.1159/000485827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND The optimal nutritional regimen for preterm infants, including those that develop necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), is unknown. OBJECTIVE The objective here was to evaluate body composition at term in infants following NEC, in comparison with healthy infants. The primary outcome measure was non-adipose tissue mass (non-ATM). METHODS We compared body composition assessed by magnetic resonance imaging at term in infants born <31 weeks of gestational age that participated in NEON, a trial comparing incremental versus immediate delivery of parenteral amino acids on non-ATM, and SMOF versus intralipid on intrahepatocellular lipid content. There were no differences in the primary outcomes. We compared infants that received surgery for NEC (NEC-surgical), infants with medically managed NEC (NEC-medical), and infants without NEC (reference). RESULTS A total of 133 infants were included (8 NEC-surgical; 15 NEC-medical; 110 reference). In comparison with the reference group, infants in the NEC-surgical and NEC-medical groups were significantly lighter [adjusted mean difference (95% CI) NEC-surgical: -630 g (-1,010, -210), p = 0.003; NEC-medical: -440 g (-760, -110), p = 0.009] and the total adipose tissue volume (ATV) was significantly lower [NEC-surgical: -360 cm3 (-516, -204), p < 0.001; NEC-medical: -127 cm3 (-251, -4); p = 0.043]. There were no significant differences in non-ATM [adjusted mean difference (95% CI) NEC-surgical: -46 g (-281, 189), p = 0.70; NEC-medical: -122 g (-308, 63), p = 0.20]. CONCLUSION The lower weight at term in preterm infants following surgically and medically managed NEC, in comparison to preterm infants that did not develop the disease, was secondary to a reduction in ATV. This suggests that the nutritional regimen received was adequate to preserve non-ATM but not to support the normal third-trimester deposition of adipose tissue in preterm infants.
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- Christoph Binder
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine and Neuropediatrics, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Section of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Campus, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Campus, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Campus, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Campus, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Campus, London, United Kingdom
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Uthaya S, Liu X, Babalis D, Doré CJ, Warwick J, Bell J, Thomas L, Ashby D, Durighel G, Ederies A, Yanez-Lopez M, Modi N. Nutritional Evaluation and Optimisation in Neonates: a randomized, double-blind controlled trial of amino acid regimen and intravenous lipid composition in preterm parenteral nutrition. Am J Clin Nutr 2016; 103:1443-52. [PMID: 27099248 PMCID: PMC4880995 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.125138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Parenteral nutrition is central to the care of very immature infants. Current international recommendations favor higher amino acid intakes and fish oil-containing lipid emulsions. OBJECTIVE The aim of this trial was to compare 1) the effects of high [immediate recommended daily intake (Imm-RDI)] and low [incremental introduction of amino acids (Inc-AAs)] parenteral amino acid delivery within 24 h of birth on body composition and 2) the effect of a multicomponent lipid emulsion containing 30% soybean oil, 30% medium-chain triglycerides, 25% olive oil, and 15% fish oil (SMOF) with that of soybean oil (SO)-based lipid emulsion on intrahepatocellular lipid (IHCL) content. DESIGN We conducted a 2-by-2 factorial, double-blind, multicenter randomized controlled trial. RESULTS We randomly assigned 168 infants born at <31 wk of gestation. We evaluated outcomes at term in 133 infants. There were no significant differences between Imm-RDI and Inc-AA groups for nonadipose mass [adjusted mean difference: 1.0 g (95% CI: -108, 111 g; P = 0.98)] or between SMOF and SO groups for IHCL [adjusted mean SMOF:SO ratio: 1.1 (95% CI: 0.8, 1.6; P = 0.58]. SMOF does not affect IHCL content. There was a significant interaction (P = 0.05) between the 2 interventions for nonadipose mass. There were no significant interactions between group differences for either primary outcome measure after adjusting for additional confounders. Imm-RDI infants were more likely than Inc-AA infants to have blood urea nitrogen concentrations >7 mmol/L or >10 mmol/L, respectively (75% compared with 49%, P < 0.01; 49% compared with 18%, P < 0.01). Head circumference at term was smaller in the Imm-RDI group [mean difference: -0.8 cm (95% CI: -1.5, -0.1 cm; P = 0.02)]. There were no significant differences in any prespecified secondary outcomes, including adiposity, liver function tests, incidence of conjugated hyperbilirubinemia, weight, length, mortality, and brain volumes. CONCLUSION Imm-RDI of parenteral amino acids does not benefit body composition or growth to term and may be harmful. This trial was registered at www.isrctn.com as ISRCTN29665319 and at eudract.ema.europa.eu as EudraCT 2009-016731-34.
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- Sabita Uthaya
- Chelsea and Westminster National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Section of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London,
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- Imperial Clinical Trials Unit, School of Public Health, and
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- Imperial Clinical Trials Unit, School of Public Health, and Clinical Trials and Evaluation Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom; and
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London and Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Department of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London and Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Department of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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- Imperial Clinical Trials Unit, School of Public Health, and
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London and Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London and Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London and Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Chelsea and Westminster National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Section of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London
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Tint MT, Fortier MV, Godfrey KM, Shuter B, Kapur J, Rajadurai VS, Agarwal P, Chinnadurai A, Niduvaje K, Chan YH, Aris IBM, Soh SE, Yap F, Saw SM, Kramer MS, Gluckman PD, Chong YS, Lee YS. Abdominal adipose tissue compartments vary with ethnicity in Asian neonates: Growing Up in Singapore Toward Healthy Outcomes birth cohort study. Am J Clin Nutr 2016; 103:1311-7. [PMID: 27053381 PMCID: PMC4933201 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.108738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND A susceptibility to metabolic diseases is associated with abdominal adipose tissue distribution and varies between ethnic groups. The distribution of abdominal adipose tissue at birth may give insights into whether ethnicity-associated variations in metabolic risk originate partly in utero. OBJECTIVE We assessed the influence of ethnicity on abdominal adipose tissue compartments in Asian neonates in the Growing Up in Singapore Toward Healthy Outcomes mother-offspring cohort. DESIGN MRI was performed at ≤2 wk after birth in 333 neonates born at ≥34 wk of gestation and with birth weights ≥2000 g. Abdominal superficial subcutaneous tissue (sSAT), deep subcutaneous tissue (dSAT), and internal adipose tissue (IAT) compartment volumes (absolute and as a percentage of the total abdominal volume) were quantified. RESULTS In multivariate analyses that were controlled for sex, age, and parity, the absolute and percentage of dSAT and the percentage of sSAT (but not absolute sSAT) were greater, whereas absolute IAT (but not the percentage of IAT) was lower, in Indian neonates than in Chinese neonates. Compared with Chinese neonates, Malay neonates had greater percentages of sSAT and dSAT but similar percentages of IAT. Marginal structural model analyses largely confirmed the results on the basis of volume percentages with controlled direct effects of ethnicity on abdominal adipose tissue; dSAT was significantly greater (1.45 mL; 95% CI: 0.49, 2.41 mL, P = 0.003) in non-Chinese (Indian or Malay) neonates than in Chinese neonates. However, ethnic differences in sSAT and IAT were NS [3.06 mL (95% CI:-0.27, 6.39 mL; P = 0.0712) for sSAT and -1.30 mL (95% CI: -2.64, 0.04 mL; P = 0.057) for IAT in non-Chinese compared with Chinese neonates, respectively]. CONCLUSIONS Indian and Malay neonates have a greater dSAT volume than do Chinese neonates. This finding supports the notion that in utero influences may contribute to higher cardiometabolic risk observed in Indian and Malay persons in our population. If such differences persist in the longitudinal tracking of adipose tissue growth, these differences may contribute to the ethnic disparities in risks of cardiometabolic diseases. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT01174875.
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- Mya Thway Tint
- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics and
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- Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit and National Institute for Health Research Southampton Biomedical Research Center, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton National Health Service Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, and
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- Pediatrics and Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
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- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
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- Pediatric Endocrinology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore; Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; and
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- Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore; Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore;
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- Pediatrics and Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Khoo Teck Puat-National University Children's Medical Institute, National University Health System, Singapore; Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore;
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Baum T, Cordes C, Dieckmeyer M, Ruschke S, Franz D, Hauner H, Kirschke JS, Karampinos DC. MR-based assessment of body fat distribution and characteristics. Eur J Radiol 2016; 85:1512-8. [PMID: 26905521 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2016.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2015] [Revised: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The assessment of body fat distribution and characteristics using magnetic resonance (MR) methods has recently gained significant attention as it further extends our pathophysiological understanding of diseases including obesity, metabolic syndrome, or type 2 diabetes mellitus, and allows more detailed insights into treatment response and effects of lifestyle interventions. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to review the current literature on MR-based assessment of body fat distribution and characteristics. PubMed search was performed to identify relevant studies on the assessment of body fat distribution and characteristics using MR methods. T1-, T2-weighted MR Imaging (MRI), Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS), and chemical shift-encoding based water-fat MRI have been successfully used for the assessment of body fat distribution and characteristics. The relationship of insulin resistance and serum lipids with abdominal adipose tissue (i.e. subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue), liver, muscle, and bone marrow fat content have been extensively investigated and may help to understand the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms and the multifaceted obese phenotype. MR methods have also been used to monitor changes of body fat distribution and characteristics after interventions (e.g. diet or physical activity) and revealed distinct, adipose tissue-specific properties. Lastly, chemical shift-encoding based water-fat MRI can detect brown adipose tissue which is currently the focus of intense research as a potential treatment target for obesity. In conclusion, MR methods reliably allow the assessment of body fat distribution and characteristics. Irrespective of the promising findings based on these MR methods the clinical usefulness remains to be established.
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- Thomas Baum
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Nutritional Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; ZIEL Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- Section of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Ponrartana S, Aggabao PC, Dharmavaram NL, Fisher CL, Friedlich P, Epi MS, Devaskar SU, Gilsanz V. Sexual Dimorphism in Newborn Vertebrae and Its Potential Implications. J Pediatr 2015; 167:416-21. [PMID: 26028289 PMCID: PMC4516624 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.04.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Revised: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine whether the sex-related differences in vertebral cross-sectional area (CSA) found in children and at the timing of peak bone mass-a major determinant of osteoporosis and future fracture risk-are also present at birth. STUDY DESIGN Vertebral CSA, vertebral height, and intervertebral disc height were measured using magnetic resonance imaging in 70 healthy full-term newborns (35 males and 35 females). The length and CSA of the humerus, musculature, and adiposity were measured as well. RESULTS Weight, body length, and head and waist circumferences did not differ significantly between males and females (P ≥ .06 for all). Compared with newborn boys, girls had significantly smaller mean vertebral cross-sectional dimensions (1.47 ± 0.11 vs 1.31 ± 0.12; P < .0001). Multiple linear regression analysis identified sex as a predictor of vertebral CSA independent of gestational age, birth weight, and body length. In contrast, the sexes were monomorphic with regard to vertebral height, intervertebral disc height, and spinal length (P ≥ .11 for all). There were also no sex differences in the length or cross-sectional dimensions of the humerus or in measures of musculature and adiposity (P ≥ .10 for all). CONCLUSION Factors related to sex influence fetal development of the axial skeleton. The smaller vertebral CSA in females is associated with greater flexibility of the spine, which could represent the human adaptation to fetal load. Unfortunately, it also imparts a mechanical disadvantage that increases stress within the vertebrae for all physical activities and increases the susceptibility to fragility fractures later in life.
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- Skorn Ponrartana
- Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children’s Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
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Rice MS, Valentine CJ. Neonatal Body Composition: Measuring Lean Mass as a Tool to Guide Nutrition Management in the Neonate. Nutr Clin Pract 2015; 30:625-32. [PMID: 25908606 DOI: 10.1177/0884533615578917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Neonatal nutrition adequacy is often determined by infant weight gain. The aim of this review is to summarize what is currently known about neonatal body composition and the use of body composition as a measure for adequate neonatal nutrition. Unlike traditional anthropometric measures of height and weight, body composition measurements account for fat vs nonfat mass gains. This provides a more accurate picture of neonatal composition of weight gain. Providing adequate neonatal nutrition in the form of quantity and composition can be a challenge, especially when considering the delicate balance of providing adequate nutrition to preterm infants for catch-up growth. Monitoring weight gain as fat mass and nonfat mass while documenting dietary intake of fat, protein, and carbohydrate in formulas may help provide the medical community the tools to provide optimal nutrition for catch-up growth and for improved neurodevelopmental outcomes. Tracking body composition in term and preterm infants may also provide critical future information concerning the nutritional state of infants who go on to develop future disease such as obesity, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia as adolescents or adults.
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- Melissa S Rice
- Division of Neonatology, Perinatal and Pulmonary Biology, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Human Milk and Lactation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Dr Valentine is now employed by Mead Johnson Nutrition, Evansville, Indiana
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- Division of Neonatology, Perinatal and Pulmonary Biology, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Human Milk and Lactation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Bauer JS, Noël PB, Vollhardt C, Much D, Degirmenci S, Brunner S, Rummeny EJ, Hauner H. Accuracy and reproducibility of adipose tissue measurements in young infants by whole body magnetic resonance imaging. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0117127. [PMID: 25706876 PMCID: PMC4338239 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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PURPOSE MR might be well suited to obtain reproducible and accurate measures of fat tissues in infants. This study evaluates MR-measurements of adipose tissue in young infants in vitro and in vivo. MATERIAL AND METHODS MR images of ten phantoms simulating subcutaneous fat of an infant's torso were obtained using a 1.5T MR scanner with and without simulated breathing. Scans consisted of a cartesian water-suppression turbo spin echo (wsTSE) sequence, and a PROPELLER wsTSE sequence. Fat volume was quantified directly and by MR imaging using k-means clustering and threshold-based segmentation procedures to calculate accuracy in vitro. Whole body MR was obtained in sleeping young infants (average age 67±30 days). This study was approved by the local review board. All parents gave written informed consent. To obtain reproducibility in vivo, cartesian and PROPELLER wsTSE sequences were repeated in seven and four young infants, respectively. Overall, 21 repetitions were performed for the cartesian sequence and 13 repetitions for the PROPELLER sequence. RESULTS In vitro accuracy errors depended on the chosen segmentation procedure, ranging from 5.4% to 76%, while the sequence showed no significant influence. Artificial breathing increased the minimal accuracy error to 9.1%. In vivo reproducibility errors for total fat volume of the sleeping infants ranged from 2.6% to 3.4%. Neither segmentation nor sequence significantly influenced reproducibility. CONCLUSION With both cartesian and PROPELLER sequences an accurate and reproducible measure of body fat was achieved. Adequate segmentation was mandatory for high accuracy.
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- Jan Stefan Bauer
- Department of Neuroradiology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Else Kröner-Fresenius-Center for Nutritional Medicine, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Else Kröner-Fresenius-Center for Nutritional Medicine, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Else Kröner-Fresenius-Center for Nutritional Medicine, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Else Kröner-Fresenius-Center for Nutritional Medicine, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Cunnane SC, Crawford MA. Energetic and nutritional constraints on infant brain development: implications for brain expansion during human evolution. J Hum Evol 2014; 77:88-98. [PMID: 24928072 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2013] [Revised: 10/07/2013] [Accepted: 05/02/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The human brain confronts two major challenges during its development: (i) meeting a very high energy requirement, and (ii) reliably accessing an adequate dietary source of specific brain selective nutrients needed for its structure and function. Implicitly, these energetic and nutritional constraints to normal brain development today would also have been constraints on human brain evolution. The energetic constraint was solved in large measure by the evolution in hominins of a unique and significant layer of body fat on the fetus starting during the third trimester of gestation. By providing fatty acids for ketone production that are needed as brain fuel, this fat layer supports the brain's high energy needs well into childhood. This fat layer also contains an important reserve of the brain selective omega-3 fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), not available in other primates. Foremost amongst the brain selective minerals are iodine and iron, with zinc, copper and selenium also being important. A shore-based diet, i.e., fish, molluscs, crustaceans, frogs, bird's eggs and aquatic plants, provides the richest known dietary sources of brain selective nutrients. Regular access to these foods by the early hominin lineage that evolved into humans would therefore have helped free the nutritional constraint on primate brain development and function. Inadequate dietary supply of brain selective nutrients still has a deleterious impact on human brain development on a global scale today, demonstrating the brain's ongoing vulnerability. The core of the shore-based paradigm of human brain evolution proposes that sustained access by certain groups of early Homo to freshwater and marine food resources would have helped surmount both the nutritional as well as the energetic constraints on mammalian brain development.
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- Stephen C Cunnane
- Research Center on Aging, Departments of Medicine and Physiology & Biophysics, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
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Horan M, Gibney E, Molloy E, McAuliffe F. Methodologies to assess paediatric adiposity. Ir J Med Sci 2014; 184:53-68. [PMID: 24791970 DOI: 10.1007/s11845-014-1124-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Childhood obesity is associated with increased risk of adult obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. Appropriate techniques for assessment of childhood adiposity are required to identify children at risk. The aim of this review was to examine core clinical measurements and more technical tools to assess paediatric adiposity. METHODS The online databases PubMed, CINALH and EMBASE were searched and the abstracts identified were reviewed to determine appropriate studies. Their reference lists were also searched to identify further eligible studies. Publications were included if they described childhood measurement techniques or involved validation. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION There are many body composition assessment tools available, none of which are direct. Each technique has limitations and a combination of methods may be used. The main clinical techniques are weight, height, body mass index (BMI) and circumferences which provide sufficient information to enable classification of overweight or obesity when growth centile charts and ratios are employed. Further investigation depends on resources available and examiner skill. Skinfold thicknesses are cost-effective but require technical training and only measure subcutaneous fat. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), air displacement plethysmography (ADP), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) are more costly and intensive, requiring the child to remain still for longer periods. DEXA and ADP are capable of accurately measuring adiposity but are unable to distinguish between fat depots. MRI and CT can distinguish intra-abdominal from subcutaneous adiposity and are considered gold standards, but CT is unsuitable for adiposity measurement in children due to high levels of radiation exposure. Ultrasound is a promising technique capable of measuring intra-abdominal adiposity in children but requires further validation. CONCLUSION The core clinical measurements of weight, height, BMI and circumferences are sufficient to enable diagnosis of paediatric overweight and obesity while more technical tools provide further insight.
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- M Horan
- University College Dublin Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine and Medical Science, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland,
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Gale C, Thomas EL, Jeffries S, Durighel G, Logan KM, Parkinson JRC, Uthaya S, Santhakumaran S, Bell JD, Modi N. Adiposity and hepatic lipid in healthy full-term, breastfed, and formula-fed human infants: a prospective short-term longitudinal cohort study. Am J Clin Nutr 2014; 99:1034-40. [PMID: 24572562 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.080200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The effect of mode of infant feeding on adiposity deposition is not fully understood. OBJECTIVE The objective was to test the hypothesis that differences in total and regional adipose tissue content and intrahepatocellular lipid (IHCL) arise in early infancy between breast- and formula-fed infants and to describe longitudinal changes. DESIGN This prospective longitudinal cohort study was performed in 2 hospitals in the United Kingdom. Healthy, full-term, appropriate weight-for-gestational age infants were recruited; adipose tissue volume and distribution were directly quantified by using whole-body magnetic resonance imaging; IHCL was assessed by in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Measurements were performed after birth (median age: 13 d) and at 6-12 wk of age. Method of infant feeding was recorded prospectively by using maternally completed feeding diaries. Breastfed was defined as >80% of feeds consisting of breast milk at both points; formula-fed was defined as >80% of feeds consisting of formula milk at both points. RESULTS Longitudinal results were obtained from 70 infants (36 breastfed, 9 mixed-fed, and 25 formula-fed). No differences were found in total or regional adipose tissue or IHCL between breastfed and formula-fed infants. In pooled analyses including all feeding groups, IHCL and total adipose tissue approximately doubled between birth and 6-12 wk: IHCL after birth (median: 0.949; IQR: 0.521-1.711) and at 6-12 wk (1.828; 1.376-2.697; P < 0.001) and total adipose tissue after birth (0.749 L; 0.620-0.928 L) and at 6-12 wk (1.547 L; 1.332-1.790 L; P < 0.001). Increasing adiposity was characterized by greater relative increases in subcutaneous than in internal adipose tissue depots. CONCLUSIONS No differences were detectable in adipose tissue or IHCL accretion between breastfed and formula-fed infants up to 2 mo. The substantial increase in IHCL seen over this period in both breastfed and formula-fed infants is a novel observation, which suggests that hepatic storage of lipids may be physiologic up to 2 mo. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02033005.
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- Christopher Gale
- Section of Neonatal Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom (CG, SJ, KML, JRCP, SU, SS, and NM); the Metabolic and Molecular Imaging Group, Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom (ELT and JDB); and the Robert Steiner MRI Unit, Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom (GD)
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DEMERATH ELLENW, FIELDS DAVIDA. Body composition assessment in the infant. Am J Hum Biol 2014; 26:291-304. [PMID: 24424686 PMCID: PMC5761669 DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2013] [Revised: 12/04/2013] [Accepted: 12/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Body composition assessment provides a sharper picture of the human biological response to genetic and environmental influences than measures of body size and weight. Infant body composition is particularly important as a marker of fetal adaptation and developmental programming of subsequent health and disease, but until recently, the range of options for measuring infant body composition was relatively narrow. The purpose of this Toolkit: Methods in Human Biology review is to provide a comprehensive overview of methods of body composition methods currently used in infants 0 to 2 years of age, including anthropometric prediction equations, air displacement plethysmography (ADP), dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), isotope dilution, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Information on the reliability, validity, and accuracy of the methods is provided. Unique aspects of infant physiology and behavior create challenges for body composition assessment, but this review provides guidance on suitable testing approaches and environments that may aid researchers in this important area of investigation.
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- ELLEN W. DEMERATH
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454
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- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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Adjustment of directly measured adipose tissue volume in infants. Int J Obes (Lond) 2014; 38:995-9. [PMID: 24662695 PMCID: PMC4088334 DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2014.48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2014] [Revised: 03/09/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Background: Direct measurement of adipose tissue (AT) using magnetic resonance imaging is increasingly used to characterise infant body composition. Optimal techniques for adjusting direct measures of infant AT remain to be determined. Objectives: To explore the relationships between body size and direct measures of total and regional AT, the relationship between AT depots representing the metabolic load of adiposity and to determine optimal methods of adjusting adiposity in early life. Design: Analysis of regional AT volume (ATV) measured using magnetic resonance imaging in longitudinal and cross-sectional studies. Subjects: Healthy term infants; 244 in the first month (1–31 days), 72 in early infancy (42–91 days). Methods: The statistical validity of commonly used indices adjusting adiposity for body size was examined. Valid indices, defined as mathematical independence of the index from its denominator, to adjust ATV for body size and metabolic load of adiposity were determined using log-log regression analysis. Results: Indices commonly used to adjust ATV are significantly correlated with body size. Most regional AT depots are optimally adjusted using the index ATV/(height)3 in the first month and ATV/(height)2 in early infancy. Using these indices, height accounts for<2% of the variation in the index for almost all AT depots. Internal abdominal (IA) ATV was optimally adjusted for subcutaneous abdominal (SCA) ATV by calculating IA/SCA0.6. Conclusions: Statistically optimal indices for adjusting directly measured ATV for body size are ATV/height3 in the neonatal period and ATV/height2 in early infancy. The ratio IA/SCA ATV remains significantly correlated with SCA in both the neonatal period and early infancy; the index IA/SCA0.6 is statistically optimal at both of these ages.
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Brumbaugh DE, Tearse P, Cree-Green M, Fenton LZ, Brown M, Scherzinger A, Reynolds R, Alston M, Hoffman C, Pan Z, Friedman JE, Barbour LA. Intrahepatic fat is increased in the neonatal offspring of obese women with gestational diabetes. J Pediatr 2013; 162:930-6.e1. [PMID: 23260099 PMCID: PMC3610780 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2012] [Revised: 10/11/2012] [Accepted: 11/02/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To assess precision magnetic resonance imaging in the neonate and determine whether there is an early maternal influence on the pattern of neonatal fat deposition in the offspring of mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and obesity compared with the offspring of normal-weight women. STUDY DESIGN A total of 25 neonates born to normal weight mothers (n = 13) and to obese mothers with GDM (n = 12) underwent magnetic resonance imaging for the measurement of subcutaneous and intra-abdominal fat and magnetic resonance spectroscopy for the measurement of intrahepatocellular lipid (IHCL) fat at 1-3 weeks of age. RESULTS Infants born to obese/GDM mothers had a mean 68% increase in IHCL compared with infants born to normal-weight mothers. For all infants, IHCL correlated with maternal prepregnancy body mass index but not with subcutaneous adiposity. CONCLUSION Deposition of liver fat in the neonate correlates highly with maternal body mass index. This finding may have implications for understanding the developmental origins of childhood nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
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- David E Brumbaugh
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA.
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- Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
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- Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver Health and Hospitals
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- Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver Health and Hospitals
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine,Jacob E. Friedman and Linda A. Barbour are co-senior authors
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- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine,Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver Health and Hospitals,Jacob E. Friedman and Linda A. Barbour are co-senior authors
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Katzmarzyk PT, Shen W, Baxter-Jones A, Bell JD, Butte NF, Demerath EW, Gilsanz V, Goran MI, Hirschler V, Hu HH, Maffeis C, Malina RM, Müller MJ, Pietrobelli A, Wells JCK. Adiposity in children and adolescents: correlates and clinical consequences of fat stored in specific body depots. Pediatr Obes 2012; 7:e42-61. [PMID: 22911903 DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00073.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2012] [Accepted: 05/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The 2011 Pennington Biomedical Research Center's Scientific Symposium focused on adiposity in children and adolescents. The symposium was attended by 15 speakers and other invited experts. The specific objectives of the symposium were to (i) integrate the latest published and unpublished findings on the laboratory and clinical assessment of depot-specific adiposity in children and adolescents, (ii) understand the variation in depot-specific adiposity and related health outcomes associated with age, sex, maturation, ethnicity and other factors and (iii) identify opportunities for incorporating new markers of abdominal obesity into clinical practice guidelines for obesity in children and adolescents. This symposium provided an overview of important new advances in the field and identified directions for future research. The long-term goal of the symposium is to aid in the early identification of children and adolescents who are at increased health risk because of obesity and obesity-related conditions.
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- P T Katzmarzyk
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808-4124, USA.
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Johnson MJ, Wootton SA, Leaf AA, Jackson AA. Preterm birth and body composition at term equivalent age: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pediatrics 2012; 130:e640-9. [PMID: 22891222 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-3379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Infants born preterm are significantly lighter and shorter on reaching term equivalent age (TEA) than are those born at term, but the relation with body composition is less clear. We conducted a systematic review to assess the body composition at TEA of infants born preterm. METHODS The databases MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, HMIC, "Web of Science," and "CSA Conference Papers Index" were searched between 1947 and June 2011, with selective citation and reference searching. Included studies had to have directly compared measures of body composition at TEA in preterm infants and infants born full-term. Data on body composition, anthropometry, and birth details were extracted from each article. RESULTS Eight studies (733 infants) fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Mean gestational age and weight at birth were 30.0 weeks and 1.18 kg in the preterm group and 39.6 weeks and 3.41 kg in the term group, respectively. Meta-analysis showed that the preterm infants had a greater percentage total body fat at TEA than those born full-term (mean difference, 3%; P = .03), less fat mass (mean difference, 50 g; P = .03), and much less fat-free mass (mean difference, 460 g; P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS The body composition at TEA of infants born preterm is different than that of infants born at term. Preterm infants have less lean tissue but more similar fat mass. There is a need to determine whether improved nutritional management can enhance lean tissue acquisition, which indicates a need for measures of body composition in addition to routine anthropometry.
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- Mark J Johnson
- Southampton NIHR Nutrition, Diet and Lifestyle Biomedical Research Unit, Princess Anne Hospital, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom.
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Ethnic and sex differences in body fat and visceral and subcutaneous adiposity in children and adolescents. Int J Obes (Lond) 2012; 36:1261-9. [PMID: 22710928 DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2012.95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Body fat and the specific depot where adipose tissue (AT) is stored can contribute to cardiometabolic health risks in children and adolescents. Imaging procedures including magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography allow for the exploration of individual and group differences in pediatric adiposity. This review examines the variation in pediatric total body fat (TBF), visceral AT (VAT) and subcutaneous AT (SAT) due to age, sex, maturational status and ethnicity. TBF, VAT and SAT typically increase as a child ages, though different trends emerge. Girls tend to accumulate more TBF and SAT during and after puberty, depositing fat preferentially in the gynoid and extremity regions. In contrast, pubertal and postpubertal boys tend to deposit more fat in the abdominal region, particularly in the VAT depot. Sexual maturation significantly influences TBF, VAT and SAT. Ethnic differences in TBF are mixed. VAT tends to be higher in white and Hispanic youth, whereas SAT is typically higher in African American youth. Asian youth typically have less gynoid fat but more VAT than whites. Obesity per se may attenuate sex and ethnic differences. Particular health risks are associated with high amounts of TBF, VAT and SAT, including insulin resistance, hepatic steatosis, metabolic syndrome and hypertension. These risks are affected by genetic, biological and lifestyle factors including physical activity, nutrition and stress. Synthesizing evidence is difficult as there is no consistent methodology or definition to estimate and define depot-specific adiposity, and many analyses compare SAT and VAT without controlling for TBF. Future research should include longitudinal examinations of adiposity changes over time in representative samples of youth to make generalizations to the entire pediatric population and examine variation in organ-specific body fat.
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Excess body adiposity, especially abdominal obesity and ectopic fat accumulation, are key risk factors in the development of a number of chronic diseases. The advent of in vivo imaging methodologies that allow direct assessment of total body fat and its distribution have been pivotal in this process. They have helped to identify a number of sub-phenotypes in the general population whose metabolic risk factors are not commensurate with their BMI. At least two such sub-phenotypes have been identified: subjects with normal BMI, but excess intra-abdominal (visceral) fat (with or without increased ectopic fat) and subjects with elevated BMI (> 25 kg/m(2)) but low visceral and ectopic fat. The former sub-phenotype is associated with adverse metabolic profiles, while the latter is associated with a metabolically normal phenotype, despite a high BMI. Here, examples of these phenotypes are presented and the value of carrying out enhanced phenotypical characterisation of subjects in interventional studies discussed.
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Intra-uterine life has been identified as a possible critical period for the development of obesity risk in both adults and children; others have highlighted the importance of growth and nutrition in the first few years. It is suggested that fetal growth, as assessed by birth weight, may programme lean body mass later in life. Children who are born small for gestational age also have a predisposition to accumulating fat mass, particularly intra-abdominal fat. It is not yet clear whether this predisposition is due to their prenatal growth restraint, their rapid postnatal catch-up growth or a combination of both. Recently, genetic and heritable factors have been shown to contribute to both rapid postnatal growth and childhood obesity risk in children and adults. Future studies should explore their timing of action and potential interactions with markers of antenatal growth restraint.
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- Céline Druet
- MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 285, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Obesity has reached epidemic proportions throughout the world and poses significant health and economic burdens to both developed and developing societies. Most recent data from the NHANES study (2003-2004) report that 17.1% of US children are overweight and 32.2% of adults are obese, a significant increase compared with data obtained only 6 years earlier. RECENT FINDINGS The neurohormonal control of appetite, body composition, and glucose homeostasis is mediated by hormones secreted from adipose tissue, endocrine glands, and enteroendocrine cells, which converge at the vagus nerve, brainstem and hypothalamus to modulate complex interactions of neurotransmitters and central appetite-regulating peptides. These hormonal signals are tightly regulated to maintain body weight/adiposity within a narrow, individually defined range that may be further impacted by variables such as ingested calories, meal composition, and lifestyle. SUMMARY Clinical manifestations of obesity, the metabolic syndrome and impaired glucose tolerance reflect biochemical alterations in a complex hormonal milieu. Elucidation of these hormonal perturbations in obese patients has already provided novel pharmacologic treatments to improve weight management and address the metabolic sequelae of obesity. The remarkable redundancy of these hormones, however, and their interactions make a monopharmaceutical approach unlikely to be successful.
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- Anne Lenz
- University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
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Growth is the traditional means of assessing the impact of newborn nutrition. We argue that this approach is flawed as the optimum pattern of postnatal growth after extremely preterm birth is unknown and both growth restraint and growth acceleration are associated with beneficial as well as adverse outcomes. Clinical trials examining nutritional regimens should be designed to achieve specific patterns of postnatal growth. Clinical practice should include the systematic capture of neonatal nutritional intake. As the ultimate goals are adult health and wellbeing, long-term follow-up is essential.
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- Vimal Vasu
- Division of Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea & Westminster Campus, London, UK
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Adipose tissue is considered an efficient system in which to store energy. Throughout life, the total amount of body fat exhibits some oscillations. Typically, there are three specific periods in which there are notable increases in fat mass, specifically early in life, during pregnancy and lactation, and with ageing. The existence of the first two peaks in fat mass has been interpreted, from an evolutionary point of view, as a beneficial manoeuvre to protect against the scarcity of energy to the offspring of the species. Nevertheless, the role of increasing body fat with ageing is more dubious. However, recent evidence suggests that the gain in adiposity in senescence may also be interpreted in the same evolutionary context. The aim of this review is to focus on the age-related changes in fat depots. In addition, an evolutionary explanation to the observed changes has been emphasized.
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- C Zafon
- Division of Endocrinology, Hospital General i Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
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Pirinen E, Kuulasmaa T, Pietilä M, Heikkinen S, Tusa M, Itkonen P, Boman S, Skommer J, Virkamäki A, Hohtola E, Kettunen M, Fatrai S, Kansanen E, Koota S, Niiranen K, Parkkinen J, Levonen AL, Ylä-Herttuala S, Hiltunen JK, Alhonen L, Smith U, Jänne J, Laakso M. Enhanced polyamine catabolism alters homeostatic control of white adipose tissue mass, energy expenditure, and glucose metabolism. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:4953-67. [PMID: 17485446 PMCID: PMC1951486 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.02034-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 alpha (PGC-1 alpha) is an attractive candidate gene for type 2 diabetes, as genes of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) pathway are coordinatively downregulated by reduced expression of PGC-1 alpha in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue of patients with type 2 diabetes. Here we demonstrate that transgenic mice with activated polyamine catabolism due to overexpression of spermidine/spermine N(1)-acetyltransferase (SSAT) had reduced white adipose tissue (WAT) mass, high basal metabolic rate, improved glucose tolerance, high insulin sensitivity, and enhanced expression of the OXPHOS genes, coordinated by increased levels of PGC-1 alpha and 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in WAT. As accelerated polyamine flux caused by SSAT overexpression depleted the ATP pool in adipocytes of SSAT mice and N(1),N(11)-diethylnorspermine-treated wild-type fetal fibroblasts, we propose that low ATP levels lead to the induction of AMPK, which in turn activates PGC-1 alpha in WAT of SSAT mice. Our hypothesis is supported by the finding that the phenotype of SSAT mice was reversed when the accelerated polyamine flux was reduced by the inhibition of polyamine biosynthesis in WAT. The involvement of polyamine catabolism in the regulation of energy and glucose metabolism may offer a novel target for drug development for obesity and type 2 diabetes.
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- Eija Pirinen
- Department of Medicine, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1777, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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Childhood and adolescence are decisive periods in human life. Body composition and psychological changes determine nutritional requirements as well as eating and physical activity behavior variability. Aims of the present paper are to discuss recent advances in measurements for quantifying total body and regional adiposity, and for mapping adipose tissue distribution in order to evaluate metabolic risk factors in children. Among the new methods available for assessing pediatric body composition, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can serve as a reference method for measuring tissue and organ volumes because estimates is reliable independent of age. MRI is the method of choice for calibrating field methods designed to measure adipose tissue and skeletal muscle in vivo and is the only method available for measurement of internal tissues and organs. MRI can be used to validate measures of important molecular level components such as fat measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and bioimpedance analysis. Moreover, the large gap in available information for certain topics makes MRI measurement a dynamic and growing scientific area of body composition investigation.
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- Angelo Pietrobelli
- Applied Dietetic Technical Sciences Chair, Modena and Reggio Emilia University, Italy.
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Ellis KJ, Yao M, Shypailo RJ, Urlando A, Wong WW, Heird WC. Body-composition assessment in infancy: air-displacement plethysmography compared with a reference 4-compartment model. Am J Clin Nutr 2007; 85:90-5. [PMID: 17209182 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/85.1.90] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND A better understanding of the associations of early infant nutrition and growth with adult health requires accurate assessment of body composition in infancy. OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the performance of an infant-sized air-displacement plethysmograph (PEA POD Infant Body Composition System) for the measurement of body composition in infants. DESIGN Healthy infants (n = 49; age: 1.7-23.0 wk; weight: 2.7-7.1 kg) were examined with the PEA POD system. Reference values for percentage body fat (%BF) were obtained from a 4-compartment (4-C) body-composition model, which was based on measurements of total body water, bone mineral content, and total body potassium. RESULTS Mean (+/- SD) reproducibility of %BF values obtained with the PEA POD system was 0.4 +/- 1.3%. Mean %BF obtained with the PEA POD system (16.9 +/- 6.5%) did not differ significantly from that obtained with the 4-C model (16.3 +/- 7.2%), and the regression between %BF for the 4-C model and that for the PEA POD system (R2 = 0.73, SEE = 3.7%BF) did not deviate significantly from the line of identity (y = x). CONCLUSIONS The PEA POD system provided a reliable, accurate, and immediate assessment of %BF in infants. Because of its ease of use, good precision, minimum safety concerns, and bedside accessibility, the PEA POD system is highly suitable for monitoring changes in body composition during infant growth in both the research and clinical settings.
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- Kenneth J Ellis
- USDA-ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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The circumstances of human brain evolution are of central importance to accounting for human origins, yet are still poorly understood. Human evolution is usually portrayed as having occurred in a hot, dry climate in East Africa where the earliest human ancestors became bipedal and evolved tool-making skills and language while struggling to survive in a wooded or savannah environment. At least three points need to be recognised when constructing concepts of human brain evolution : (1) The human brain cannot develop normally without a reliable supply of several nutrients, notably docosahexaenoic acid, iodine and iron. (2) At term, the human fetus has about 13 % of body weight as fat, a key form of energy insurance supporting brain development that is not found in other primates. (3) The genome of humans and chimpanzees is <1 % different, so if they both evolved in essentially the same habitat, how did the human brain become so much larger, and how was its present-day nutritional vulnerability circumvented during 5-6 million years of hominid evolution ? The abundant presence of fish bones and shellfish remains in many African hominid fossil sites dating to 2 million years ago implies human ancestors commonly inhabited the shores, but this point is usually overlooked in conceptualizing how the human brain evolved. Shellfish, fish and shore-based animals and plants are the richest dietary sources of the key nutrients needed by the brain. Whether on the shores of lakes, marshes, rivers or the sea, the consumption of most shore-based foods requires no specialized skills or tools. The presence of key brain nutrients and a rich energy supply in shore-based foods would have provided the essential metabolic and nutritional support needed to gradually expand the hominid brain. Abundant availability of these foods also provided the time needed to develop and refine proto-human attributes that subsequently formed the basis of language, culture, tool making and hunting. The presence of body fat in human babies appears to be the product of a long period of sedentary, shore-based existence by the line of hominids destined to become humans, and became the unique solution to insuring a back-up fuel supply for the expanding hominid brain. Hence, survival of the fattest (babies) was the key to human brain evolution.
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- Stephen C Cunnane
- Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement, Département de médecine, physiologie et biophysiques, Faculté de médecine et sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, 1036, Belvédère Sud, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1H 4C4, Canada.
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Modi N, Thomas EL, Harrington TAM, Uthaya S, Doré CJ, Bell JD. Determinants of adiposity during preweaning postnatal growth in appropriately grown and growth-restricted term infants. Pediatr Res 2006; 60:345-8. [PMID: 16857778 DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000232732.93000.52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The distribution and quantity of adipose tissue are markers of morbidity risk in children and adults. Poor intrauterine growth and accelerated postnatal growth are believed to add to these risks. The aim of this study was to assess adipose tissue content and distribution at birth and 6 wk in relation to intrauterine growth restriction, postnatal growth, and infant diet. We measured weight, length, and head circumference and adipose content and distribution using magnetic resonance imaging at 6 wk of age in appropriately grown for gestational age (AGA) and growth-restricted (GR) infants and compared this with birth data. By 6 wk, GR infants showed complete catch-up in comparison to AGA infants in relation to head growth and adiposity. Catch-up in length and weight was not complete. Accelerated linear growth, but not accelerated weight gain, was associated with a highly significant increase in adiposity (r = 0.57, p = 0.001) regardless of AGA/GR status. The highest adiposity at 6 wk, allowing for baseline variables and linear growth, was seen in exclusively breast-fed GR infants (mean, 95% confidence interval: 33.5%, 29.51-37.5). Adipose tissue distribution remained constant and was unrelated to growth and diet. Reduced birth adiposity (B = -0.185, p = 0.003), but not low birth head size (B = 0.32, p = 0.093), was a significant predictor of accelerated postnatal head growth (R(2) = 0.29, adjusted R(2) = 0.23, p = 0.012). Increasing adiposity appears to be an inevitable accompaniment of accelerated linear growth. Low total adipose tissue quantity at birth appears to direct nutrition toward head growth. Adipose tissue may be involved in the signaling of catch-up growth.
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- Neena Modi
- Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London SW10 9NH, UK.
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Pietrobelli A, Boner AL, Tatò L. Adipose tissue and metabolic effects: new insight into measurements. Int J Obes (Lond) 2005; 29 Suppl 2:S97-100. [PMID: 16385759 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Epidemiologic evidence supports the theory that the relation between obesity and disease risk begins early in life, and those risk factors for disease track, or remain at a similar level, with advancing age, growth, and development. The fat tissue, once considered as a depot for energy substrate, is a metabolically active tissue. The fat cells produce agents that regulate a host of physiological processes directly related to carbohydrate and fat metabolism and the development of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. AIM To discuss fat tissue, and fat distribution in relation to body composition measurements, with particular emphasis on imaging techniques (ie, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)) and its relationship with metabolic and cardiovascular heath variables mediated by the metabolic characteristics of the adipose tissue. DISCUSSION In sum, the medical and physiological health complications of childhood obesity are well documented. Imaging methods are considered the most accurate means available for in vivo quantification at the tissue-organ level and the methods of choice for calibration of field methods designed to measure adipose tissue.
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- A Pietrobelli
- Pediatric Unit, Verona University Medical School, Verona, Italy.
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Uthaya S, Bell J, Modi N. Adipose tissue magnetic resonance imaging in the newborn. HORMONE RESEARCH 2005; 62 Suppl 3:143-8. [PMID: 15539817 DOI: 10.1159/000080517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Infancy is a period of rapid adipose tissue accumulation, and influences during early development are plausible determinants of altered adiposity. The distribution, as well as the quantity of adipose tissue, is a marker of health and disease. Previous methods for the assessment of body composition in infants have been indirect and thus unable to determine adipose quantity reliably, nor assess adipose tissue distribution. Adipose tissue magnetic resonance imaging is direct, non-invasive, radiation free and suitable for serial examinations in infancy. Adipose tissue depots are quantified individually and summated to provide an accurate measure of depot-specific and total adiposity. We have adapted this technique for application to newborns and, to date, have imaged over 100 term and preterm infants.
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- Sabita Uthaya
- Division of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College London, UK
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The quantity and distribution of adipose tissue are markers of morbidity risk. The third trimester of human development is a period of rapid adipose tissue deposition. Preterm infants may be at risk of altered adiposity. We measured anthropometric indices and quantified total, subcutaneous, and intraabdominal adipose tissue volumes using whole-body magnetic resonance adipose tissue imaging in 38 infants born at <32 wk gestational age, when they reached term, and 29 term-born infants. The preterm infants at term were significantly lighter and shorter than the term-born infants, but there was no significant difference in head circumference SD score or total adiposity. The preterm infants had a highly significant decrease in subcutaneous adipose tissue and significantly increased intraabdominal adipose tissue. Accelerated postnatal weight gain was accompanied by increased total and subcutaneous adiposity. Illness severity was the principal determinant of increased intraabdominal adiposity. Our data provide evidence of causal pathways linking accelerated postnatal growth with increased total and subcutaneous adiposity, and illness severity with altered adipose tissue partitioning. We suggest that these observations may in part explain the associations between small size at birth and later disease. Preterm infants may be at risk in later life of metabolic complications through increased and aberrant adiposity.
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- Sabita Uthaya
- Division of Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Rd., London SW10 9NH, UK
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- David Dunger
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, UK.
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Kotani Y, Yokota I, Kitamura S, Matsuda J, Naito E, Kuroda Y. Plasma adiponectin levels in newborns are higher than those in adults and positively correlated with birth weight. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2004; 61:418-23. [PMID: 15473872 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2004.02041.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine plasma adiponectin concentrations during perinatal the period and their correlations with fetal anthropometric parameters and other hormones. DESIGN Venous cord blood samples were obtained from 59 full-term healthy newborns (36 males and 23 females, gestational age 37.0-41.4 weeks, birth weight 2,146-4,326 g, birth length 44.0-54.5 cm). The blood samples were also obtained from 15 neonates (postnatal day 3-7) whose cord blood had already been collected and the changes in adiponectin concentrations were examined. MEASUREMENTS The adiponectin concentration was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The leptin concentration was determined by radioimmunoassay. Insulin, GH and IGF-1 concentrations were determined by immunoradiometric assays. RESULTS The plasma adiponectin concentrations in cord blood ranged from 6.0 to 55.8 microg/ml (median 22.4 microg/ml), which were much higher than those in normal-weight adults (P < 0.0001). In contrast to the findings in adults, these values were positively correlated with birth weight (r = 0.43, P = 0.0005), body mass index (r = 0.44, P = 0.0005), birth weight/birth length ratio (r = 0.46, P = 0.0002) and the leptin concentrations (r = 0.39, P = 0.004). When the effects of fat mass-related anthropometric parameters such as the birth weight/birth length ratio were controlled, plasma adiponectin concentrations had a significant inverse correlation with insulin concentrations (r = -0.35, P = 0.01). There was no significant gender difference in adiponectin concentrations among newborns. The adiponectin concentrations in neonates (postnatal day 3-7) did not change significantly compared with those in cord blood. CONCLUSIONS In contrast to the findings in adults, these results suggest that the adiponectin concentration increases with the mass of fetal fat.
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- Yumiko Kotani
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, 3-kuramoto cho, Japan
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López-Bermejo A, Casano-Sancho P, Fernández-Real JM, Kihara S, Funahashi T, Rodríguez-Hierro F, Ricart W, Ibañez L. Both intrauterine growth restriction and postnatal growth influence childhood serum concentrations of adiponectin. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2004; 61:339-46. [PMID: 15355450 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2004.02102.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Insulin resistance has been linked to intrauterine growth restriction; adiponectin is a strong determinant of insulin sensitivity. We aimed at studying the contributions of birthweight and insulin sensitivity to circulating adiponectin in children born small for gestational age (SGA). DESIGN Cross-sectional, hospital-based study dealing with insulin sensitivity in SGA children. PATIENTS Thirty-two prepubertal children born SGA (age 5.4 +/- 2.9 years) and 37 prepubertal children born appropriate for gestational age (AGA, age 5.9 +/- 3.0 years). MEASUREMENTS Serum levels of fasting glucose, serum lipids, insulin (immunometric assay) and adiponectin concentrations (ELISA) were assessed, and insulin resistance (IR) and insulin secretion (beta-cell) were calculated by the homeostasis model of assessment (HOMA). RESULTS SGA children had similar HOMA-IR, HOMA-beta-cell and adiponectin concentrations than AGA children. However, in a separate analysis of subjects older than 3 years of age, SGA children showed higher HOMA-IR after adjusting for sex, age and body mass index (BMI) standard deviation score (SDS). Circulating adiponectin was higher in SGA children [adjusted means: 14.5 mg/l (95% CI 12.9-16.1) and 18.7 mg/l (95% CI 17.0-20.3) for AGA and SGA children, respectively; P < 0.0001]. Further analysis revealed that the group of overweight SGA (arbitrarily defined as being in the higher quartile for the BMI SDS distribution in the sample) had decreased serum concentrations of adiponectin, compared to lean SGA children [adjusted means: 12.9 mg/l (95% CI 9.3-16.5) vs. 19.0 (95% CI 16.8-21.3), respectively; P = 0.001]. In a multiple regression model, HOMA-IR and SGA status explained 35% and 15% of adiponectin variance, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Prenatal growth restriction is associated with insulin resistance but relatively increased adiponectin concentrations, provided overweight does not ensue. The contributions of circulating adiponectin to the increased risks for developing insulin resistance and type-2 diabetes in formerly SGA subjects merit further studies.
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- Abel López-Bermejo
- Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition Unit, Dr Josep Trueta Hospital of Girona, Girona, Spain.
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Regional differences in adipose tissue distribution are associated with differences in adipocyte metabolism and obesity-related morbidities. Intrauterine growth restriction appears to place individuals at greater risk of obesity associated morbidities in later life. Despite this, little is known regarding the quantity and distribution of adipose tissue in infants during early development. The aim of this study was to compare total and regional adipose tissue content in appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) and growth-restricted (GR) newborn infants born at or near term. Whole body adipose tissue magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed as soon as possible after birth. Total and regional adipose tissue depots were quantified. A total of 35 infants (10 GR; 25 AGA) were studied. Mean (SD) total percentage adipose tissue was lower in GR infants than AGA infants [GR: 17.70% (2.17); AGA: 23.40% (3.85); p = 0.003]. This difference arose from differences in subcutaneous adipose tissue mass [mean (SD) percentage subcutaneous adipose tissue mass, GR: 16.13% (2.20); AGA: 21.44% (3.81); p = 0.004], but not intra-abdominal adipose tissue mass [mean (SD) percentage intra-abdominal adipose tissue, GR: 0.42% (0.22); AGA: 0.61% (0.31); p = 0.45]. In contrast to subcutaneous adipose tissue, intra-abdominal adipose tissue is not reduced in infants with intrauterine growth restriction. This suggests that subcutaneous and intra-abdominal adipose tissue compartments may be under different regulatory control during intrauterine life.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tracey A M Harrington
- Division of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Rd., London SW10 9NH, UK
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Cunnane SC, Crawford MA. Survival of the fattest: fat babies were the key to evolution of the large human brain. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2004; 136:17-26. [PMID: 14527626 DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(03)00048-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
In the past 2 million years, the hominid lineage leading to modern humans evolved significantly larger and more sophisticated brains than other primates. We propose that the modern human brain was a product of having first evolved fat babies. Hence, the fattest (infants) became, mentally, the fittest adults. Human babies have brains and body fat each contributing to 11-14% of body weight, a situation which appears to be unique amongst terrestrial animals. Body fat in human babies provides three forms of insurance for brain development that are not available to other land-based species: (1) a large fuel store in the form of fatty acids in triglycerides; (2) the fatty acid precursors to ketone bodies which are key substrates for brain lipid synthesis; and (3) a store of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, particularly docosahexaenoic acid, needed for normal brain development. The triple combination of high fuel demands, inability to import cholesterol or saturated fatty acids, and dependence on docosahexaenoic acid puts the mammalian brain in a uniquely difficult situation compared with other organs and makes its expansion in early humans all the more remarkable. We believe that fresh- and salt-water shorelines provided a uniquely rich, abundant and accessible food supply, and the only viable environment for evolving both body fat and larger brains in human infants.
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Affiliation(s)
- Stephen C Cunnane
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, M5S 3E2, Toronto, Canada.
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