Body composition of adults with a history of severe acute malnutrition during childhood using the deuterium dilution method in eastern DR Congo: the Lwiro Cohort Study

• Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 114; no. 6; pp. 2052 - 2059
• Main Authors: Mwene-Batu, Pacifique, Wells, Jonathan, Maheshe, Ghislain, Hermans, Michel P, Kalumuna, Esther, Ngaboyeka, Gaylord, Chimanuka, Christine, Owino, Victor O, Macq, Jean, Lukula, Melissa, Dramaix, Michelle, Donnen, Philippe, Bisimwa, Ghislain
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2021; Oxford University Press; American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc
• Subjects: acute malnutrition; Adipose Tissue; Adult; Adults; Body Composition; Body fat; Body height; Body Mass Index; Child; Childhood; Children; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Deuterium; deuterium dilution method; Dilution; DR Congo; Evaluation; Exposure; Fat-free body mass; Female; Females; Humans; long-term effect; Male; Males; Malnutrition; Observational studies; Original Research Communications; Rehabilitation; Severe Acute Malnutrition; Sex; Young Adult; Young adults; Democratic Republic of the Congo; BC; FMI; FM; TBW; CMAM; FFM; NCD; body composition; CHW; RUTF; DRC; deuterium dilution method; DR Congo; IAEA; LMIC; long-term effect; acute malnutrition; FFMI; SAM
• ISSN: 0002-9165; 1938-3207; 1938-3207
• DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab293

Few studies have evaluated the body composition (BC) of adults who suffered from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) during childhood, a population at risk of long-term noncommunicable diseases. We performed an observational cohort study to evaluate BC in a group of young adults aged 11–30 y after nutri...