Predicting total body water in infants aged 0.5–24 months and the implications for measuring breast milk intake : a secondary analysis of isotope dilution data

Abstract

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Description

DATA AVAILABILITY : Data described in the manuscript, code book, and analytic code may be made available upon request pending application to the corresponding author and approval by the co-authors involved and only for the purpose of validating the results presented in this study. The multicenter infant body composition reference study resources, however, are publicly and freely available at https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/EUXR2.

Keywords

Total body water (TBW), Body composition, Dose-to-mother (DTM), Infant, Anthropometry, Deuterium, Doubly labeled water, Isotope dilution, Breast milk intake

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG-03: Good health and well-being

Citation

De Sévaux, M.A.J., Kaestel, P., Haisma, H.H. et al. 2025, 'Predicting total body water in infants aged 0.5–24 months and the implications for measuring breast milk intake : a secondary analysis of isotope dilution data', American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 122, no. 3, pp. 820-829, doi : 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.06.004.