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Body Composition of the Neonate

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Principles of Perinatal-Neonatal Metabolism

Abstract

Rapid growth in the human occurs during the fetal, infant, and latter pubertal stages of development. During these phases of growth, changes occur in the chemical and biochemical composition of the body and in its physiological functions. Growth of the fetus, in its protective intrauterine environment, is determined by its genetic potential and is influenced by the nutritional, hormonal, and health status of the mother. Most biochemical and physiological development studies of the fetus in utero have examined changes associated with the transition from in utero to the free-living neonate and the response to improvements in the clinical care of the preterm neonate. There is a body of chemical composition studies of fetal growth and development that contains data useful as standards for nutritional care of the preterm neonate. These data were obtained from whole body chemical analyses of the human fetus and neonate. The studies contain information about the influence of gestational age and maternal nutritional status on the chemical composition of the fetus.1–4

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Sheng, HP., Nichols, B.L. (1991). Body Composition of the Neonate. In: Cowett, R.M. (eds) Principles of Perinatal-Neonatal Metabolism. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0400-5_33

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