Body Composition in Infants and Children

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00921817

109498

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will test a new method for measuring body fat and muscle in infants and children: QMR.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy child
• weighing between 0 and 110 pounds

Exclusion criteria

• child has condition that may affect growth or bone development
• child has chronic disease
• child has disorder of carbohydrate metabolism
• child takes medication that could affect bone density
• child has any type of nonremovable metal