Comparison of growth patterns in the first year of life between term small for gestational age and appropriate for gestational age South Indian infants.

Background: Early life growth trajectories of Indian small for gestational age (SGA) infants are sparse. This study aimed to compare longitudinal growth in appropriate for gestational age (AGA) and SGA infants during their first year of life.

Methods: Apparently healthy term infants (52 SGA, 154 AGA) were recruited at birth and followed up till 1 year.

Comparison of Anthropometry and Body Composition Using Air Displacement Plethysmography in Term Small for Gestational Age and Appropriate for Gestational Age Neonates.

Background: Small for gestational age (SGA) neonates are prone to growth deficits in early life, which may be associated with later life metabolic abnormalities.

Objectives: To compare anthropometry and body composition using air-displacement plethysmography (ADP) in term SGA and appropriate for gestational age (AGA) neonates, and assess if sexual dimorphism existed in estimates of body composition.

Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical study.

Intraindividual double burden of malnutrition: The contribution of the infant gut microbiome.

The prevalence of the double burden of malnutrition in society is well known with the coexistence of undernutrition with an increase in overweight/obesity; this has been increasing globally with nutritional imbalances and infectious diseases being the major etiological factors. However, there is also the coexistence of inappropriate adiposity or metabolic dysfunction in an individual who appears currently undernourished by anthropometric standards (stunted or underweight); this is the intraindividual double burden of malnutrition. It could also occur in temporal sequence, as anthropometric overweight in an individual who has previously endured childhood under-nutrition.