Validating Paediatric Morphometrics: body proportion measurement using photogrammetric anthropometry.

Background: Taking multiple anthropometric measurements for the description of body proportions in an accurate way is a time-consuming procedure that requires specific tools and skills. This is why we developed an alternative method based on digital photography for taking these measurements which is faster and easier to use, to make anthropometry more user-friendly and approachable to paediatricians.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in 54 children between 2 and 18 years of age.

Change in total body water as a predictive tool for growth hormone treatment response.

Background/aims: To investigate whether short-term changes in body composition as a result of growth hormone therapy could be used to predict its growth effect after 1 year in children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) and children born small for gestational age (SGA).

Methods: 88 GHD children and 99 SGA children who started treatment with recombinant human growth hormone were included. Total body water (TBW) and height were measured.