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.

Pacifique Mwene-Batu Jonathan C K WellsGhislain MahesheMichel P HermansEsther KalumunaGaylord NgaboyekaChristine ChimanukaVictor O OwinoJean MacqMelissa LukulaMichelle DramaixPhilippe DonnenGhislain Bisimwa

Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition (2021)

SAM during childhood is associated with reduced FFM in adulthood which is probably due to a shorter height.

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body composition
early life
resistance training
bone mineral density
body mass index
childhood cancer
south africa
depressive symptoms
liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
young adults
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gas chromatography
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