Introduction Childhood obesity is associated with increased risk of adult obesity,
cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. Appropriate techniques for assessment of …

Fetal body composition is an important determinant of body composition at birth, and it is
likely to be an important determinant at later stages in life. The purpose of this work is to …

Importance A rapid increase in weight in early life is associated with an increased risk for
adiposity and cardiovascular diseases at age 21 years and beyond. However, data on …

Air displacement plethysmography (ADP) has been widely utilised to track body composition
because it is considered to be practical, reliable, and valid. Pea Pod is the infant version of …

Introduction Body composition in early life influences development of obesity during
childhood and beyond. Appetite-regulating hormones (ARH) play a role in regulation of food …

Featured Application A brief summary of the current knowledge on the mechanisms of
childhood obesity and its repercussions on adult health. Abstract The past few decades …

Background & aims Breastfeeding is the gold standard infant feeding. Data on
macronutrients in relation to longitudinal body composition and appetite are very scarce …

Objective Early life is a critical window for adiposity programming. This study investigated
whether fat mass percentage (FM%), fat mass index (FMI), abdominal fat, and fat‐free mass …

Background: Accelerated gain in fat mass in the first months of life is considered to be a risk
factor for adult diseases, given the tracking of infancy fat mass into adulthood. Our objective …

The Cambridge Baby Growth Study (CBGS) is a prospective, observational pregnancy and
birth cohort with detailed assessments and sample collections in infancy and continuing …